Raphael Menachem HaKohen Rapa

Due to the timing of birth, there is I believe a greater likelihood that Shlomo Kohen Rapa is the son of this Raphael Menachem, who lived a little later, than he is of R' Menachem Raphael Cohen-Rapa .

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Duchy of Milan Records: Cremona, 21 May 1554:

"Emanuele de Carmino, son of the late Moise and a resident of the San Bartolomo quarter of Cremona, makes a delcaration on behalf of Mandolino de Porto, independent son of Jacob, residing in Mantua, and of de Porta's attorney , Consilio de Fritijs, son of the late Mandolino and a resident of the San Bartolomeo quarter of Cremona. Emanuele declares that he has received from the brothers, Sansone and Marco de Cividale, sons of the late Madio and residents of the Santa Elena quarter, the sum of 550 pounds on account of the debt they owe Mandolino de Porto, as indicated by the Hebrew agreement written on 11 October 5313 (1552) attached to the present document.
The Hebrew contract between Sansone de Cividale and Rafael Menachem, son of Abraam Porto Katz, is signed by the witneses Salomone, son of the late Gaon Simone de Fayel, and Lazaro, son of Jacob Calonimos. At the bottom of the contract. Jechiel, son of Abraam Katz, declares that on 14 October 5313 (1552) he recieved 14 scudi from Sansone Cividale, as interest due for a year for the 100 gold scudi that were lent." [emphases added]

Source: Entry 2916, page 1265, A Documentary History of the Jew in Italy, Volume 2, Duchy of Milan, Edited by Shlomo Simonsohn, 1982 Jerusalem, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities; original source: A.S.C., Fondo Notarile, A.N. Gio. Battista Raimondi, filza 1121, Reg, I