Shabbethai Donnolo (913 – c. 982) (Hebrew: שבתי דונולו) was an Italian physician, and writer on medicine and astrology born at Oria. When twelve years of age he was made prisoner by the Arabs under the leadership of the Fatimite Abu Ahmad Ja`far ibn `Ubaid, but was ransomed by his relatives at Otranto, while the rest of his family wa.....