Severus_of_Minorca
Severus of Menorca was a bishop on the island of Menorca in the early 5th century.[1]: 1 According to the Epistula Severi (Letter on the Conversion of the Jews written by Severus of Menorca) Severus was at the forefront of a mass conversion where most of the Jewish population on the island converted to Christianity in 418 C.E.[1]: 1 The Epistula Severi explains that the relationship between the Jews and the Christians on the island grew tense when relics of St. Stephen arrived on the island approximately a year before the conversion began.[1]: 5 It took eight days to convert the Jewish population to Christianity[2]: 29.1 and, in that time, the synagogue on the island was burnt to the ground[2]: 13.13 and 540 Jews were converted.[2]: 29.2