Legend Susona

Walking through the Santa Cruz neighborhood one afternoon, I found an image on a tile, out of the ordinary, in one of the facades of houses. Far from the typical number of the house or “Villa Carmen”. Tile caught my attention and I was perplexed by the fact imagine for a moment the calamity that should have happened in that house. Death, disease, insurance terrible events. Together with my group of tourists with a guide who began to explain what happened in that house hundreds of years ago were, He began to explain Legend Susona.

 

The year 1478 Seville, and Christians lived together in Seville, Jews and Muslims. Susana Ben Suso, He lived in the neighborhood Santa Cruz (Sevilla Jewish Quarter) with his father Diego Suso. One night Susona, fearful of his father organized meetings with other Jews from Sevilla to disorganize the state and cause commotions and upheavals, He told all your partner. A Christian knight, I did not hesitate to meet with the greatest assistant Sevilla, Diego de Merlo, and tell everything that happened at home Susona.

One of the nights when his father was meeting with Jews, troops entered Diego de Merlo and arrested all attendees who were sentenced to death. Susona, guilty of the death of his father. He converted to Christianity and entered a convent hoping to find forgiveness. At his death, Susona collected his desire that his head was hung from the door of his house in the Barrio Santa Cruz, to show everyone his betrayal of his father and to be at peace.

Until XVII century was Susona head in front of his house, when it was replaced by a tile with a skull drawn.

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