Domenico Ottomano dating history

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Domenico di San Tommaso (2 January 1642 – 25 October 1676), born Osman, also known as Domenico Ottomano or Padre Ottomano, was an Ottoman friar of the Dominican Order who was claimed to be the firstborn son of sultan Ibrahim. He was the son of Zafire Hatun, a woman in the Ottoman Imperial Harem, and whether or not he was actually fathered by Ibrahim remains unclear. During his early childhood, he and his mother were captured and taken to Hospitaller Malta, where he was raised, converted to Christianity and joined the Dominicans. In his adulthood, he lived in the Papal States and France and he travelled to other Italian states, where he was received as a prince by political and religious leaders despite his apparent desire to lead a modest monastic life.