Harold | |
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| Born | Aroldo[1] |
| Died | 17 March 1168[2] |
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Harold of Gloucester (died 1168) was a supposed child martyr who was falsely claimed by Benedictine monks to have been ritually murdered by Jews in Gloucester, England, in 1168.[3] The claims arose in the aftermath of the circulation of the first blood libel myth following the unsolved murder of William of Norwich. A Christian cult and veneration of Harold was briefly promoted in Gloucester, but soon died out.
- ^ "Harold of Gloucester". CatholicSaints.Info. 25 March 2017. Web. 24 December 2018.
- ^ Rabenstein, K. I. Harold Of Gloucester, St. New Catholic Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
- ^ Patricia Skinner, The Jews in Medieval Britain: Historical, Literary, and Archaeological Perspectives, Boydell and Brewer, Rochester, NY, 2003, p.130