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}}</ref> Remondino performed numerous circumcisions.
}}</ref> Remondino performed numerous circumcisions.<ref>{{REFbook
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If Remondino was circumcised, how would it have occurred? When Remondino was born in Turin in 1846, only Jews circumcised their infant boys, which was done by a ''mohel''. There is some speculation that Remondino was descended from Sephardic Jews, so he may have had a ritual Jewish circumcision.
If Remondino was circumcised, how would it have occurred? When Remondino was born in Turin in 1846, only Jews circumcised their infant boys, which was done by a ''mohel''. There is some speculation that Remondino was descended from Sephardic Jews, so he may have had a ritual Jewish circumcision.
Circumcision of adults became common after Lewis Sayre started to perform circumcisions and popularized the surgery, so he may have been circumcised as an adult.