Samuel Usque
Samuel Usque was a Portuguese converso Jewish author who settled in Ferrara.
His major work is the Consolação às Tribulações de Israel, Ferrara, 1553. He appears to be the only one of the contemporaries of Solomon ibn Verga to have made use of the latter's Sceptre of Judah.
He is credited with coining the epithet "Mother of Israel" for the Greek city of Thessaloniki.
