> He was incredibly religious. In his Catholicism Possibly as a way to conceal his background? Of course that’s pure speculation and it wasn’t as bad yet until

> He was incredibly religious. In his Catholicism Possibly as a way to conceal his background? Of course that’s pure speculation and it wasn’t as bad yet until later in the the 1500s but Spain became an extremely racist society, people who couldn’t prove that they weren’t descendants of Jewish or Muslim converts were often barred from holding political office or even testify in court etc. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpieza_de_sangre#:~:text=On%205%20November%201865%2C%20a,be%20admitted%20to%20college%20education https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limpieza_de_sangre#:~:text=O....