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Robert of Bury St. Edmunds

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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Alleged martyr of a blood accusation at Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, in 1181. No details are known of the circumstances under which he was created a martyr; but the expulsion of the Jews from Bury St. Edmunds ten years later was doubtless connected with the accusation.

Bibliography:
  • Jacobs, Jews of Angevin England, p. 75.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Robert of Bury St. Edmunds'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​r/robert-of-bury-st-edmunds.html. 1901.
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