Robert of Bury Saint Edmunds, St.

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ROBERT OF BURY SAINT EDMUNDS, ST.

Reputed martyr; b. 1171; d. 1181, Edmundsbury, England. Ten-year-old Robert is said to have been killed on Good Friday, a victim of ritual murder. Although he was never canonized, his cultus was strong. His relics were translated to the abbey church at Bury St. Edmunds. In his honor Jocelin of Brakelond wrote Miracles of St. Robert.

Bibliography: t. arnold, ed., Memorials of St. Edmund's Abbey, Rerum Britannicarum medii aevi scriptores (London 185896; rpr. New York 1964) i, 223; iii, 6. william of worcester, Itineraries, ed. j. h. harvey (1969), 163.

[k. i. rabenstein]

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