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- Born
- 12th century
- Died
- 1168
- Place of death
- Occupation
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2 identifiers linking Harold across the web's reference databases
10 statements · 0% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
2 identifiers linking Harold across the web's reference databases
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Harold of Gloucester was a supposed child martyr who was falsely claimed by Benedictine monks to have been ritually murdered by Jews in Gloucester, England, in 1168. 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.