Early Modern Period
It is estimated that Jews made up 6% or more of the population of Sicily in 1492. Many Sicilian Jews first went to Calabria, which already had a Jewish communitty since the 4th century. Then the Jews were expelled from Calabria in 1524, and later from the entire Kingdom of Naples in 1540, as all these areas fell under Spanish rule and were subject to the edict of expulsion by the Spanish Inquisition.
There was a gradual movement throughout the 16th century of Jews in Italy from south to north, with conditions worsening for Jews in Rome after 1556 and Venice in the 1580s. Many Jews from Venice and the surrounding area migrated to Poland and Lithuania at this time.
Read more about this topic: History Of The Jews In Italy
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