New Christians in Italy. It seems that there were families primarily from Lamego, Portugal that went to Italy in the 1500's; Fonseca, Paz, Lopez/s, Gomez/s, Salamanca, and Furtado and here are some published articles shining a light on these families.Hope that it helps some.https://www.academia.edu/7593130/The_Fonsecas_of_Lamego_betwixt_and_between_commerce_faith_suspicion_and_kinhttps://www.academia.edu/3676761/_co-authored_with_Susana_Bastos_Mateus_A_Sixteenth_Century_voyage_of_Legitimacy_the_Paths_of_Jacome_and_Ant%C3%B3nio_da_Fonseca_from_Lamego_to_Rome_and_Beyondhttps://www.academia.edu/2361312/Documents_Regarding_the_Settlement_of_Portuguese_New_Christians_in_Tuscanyhttps://www.academia.edu/10309565/Gabriel_da_Fonseca._A_New_Christian_doctor_in_Bernini_s_Rome