Cum nimis absurdum

Cum nimis absurdum was a papal bull issued by Pope Paul IV dated July 14, 1555. It takes its name from its first words:Migliau, Procaccia, Rebuzzi, and Vitale, p. 25. "Since it is absurd and utterly inconvenient that the Jews, who through their own fault were condemned by God to eternal slavery..." 
The bull placed religious and economic restrictions on Jews in the Papal States. The bull renewed anti-Jewish legislation and subjected Jews to various degradations and restrictions on their personal freedom. Under the bull, Jewish males were forced to wear a pointed yellow hat, and Jewish females a yellow kerchief (see yellow badge). Jews were also forbidden to own real estate or practice medicine among Christians. The bull also created the Roman Ghetto, where the Jews of Rome, who had lived freely since antiquity, were segregated in a walled quarter with three gates that were locked at night. Jews were also restricted to one synagogue per city. 
Paul IV's successor, Pope Pius IV, enforced the creation of other ghettos in most Italian towns, and his successor, Pope Pius V, recommended them to other bordering states.
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==References==
==Sources==
*Bice Migliau and Micaela Procaccia with Silvia Rebuzzi and Micaela Vitale, Lazio Jewish Itineraries: Places, History, and Art, trans. Gus Barker. Venice: Marsilio, 1997.
*Stow, Kenneth R. (1977) "Catholic Thought and Papal Jewry Policy 1555–1593" The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York.
==External links==
*Original Latin text
*The Popes — Jewish Encyclopedia
*History of Toleration — Catholic Encyclopedia
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