Benveniste
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'''Benveniste''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] ''bien venida'' = welcome) is the [[surname]] of an old, rich, and scholarly family of [[Narbonne]], France, several branches of which were found all over [[Spain]] and the [[Provence]], France, as well as at various places in the Orient. It is also borne by families in [[Bulgaria]], [[Serbia]], and [[Vienna]], [[Austria]]. It was also used as a [[Roman naming conventions |prænomen]].<ref>[[Moritz Steinschneider]], "Cat. Bodl." No. 7348; [[Loeb]], in "Rev. des Etudes Juives", xxi. 153</ref>
==People==
* [[Gracia Mendes Nasi]] (1510-1569) a highly courageous and an excellent businesswoman, with her family's contacts and resources she helped Jews escape the Inquisition
* [[Asa Benveniste]] (1925-1990), American poet
* [[Benveniste de Porta]], Jewish Bailie ("bayle") of Barcelona, Spain
* [[Émile Benveniste]] (1902-1976), French structural linguist
* [[Jacques Benveniste]] (1935-2004), French immunologist
* [[Joshua ben Israel Benveniste]] (c. 1590 - c. 1668), physician and rabbi in Constantinople
* [[Richard Ben-Veniste]] (born 1943), American lawyer
== References ==
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==Sources==
* {{JewishEncyclopedia}}
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