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Saint Harold was a child martyr who was reported to have been slain by Jews in Gloucester England in 1168. He is one of a small group of 12th century English saints of strikingly similar characteristics: they were all young boys all mysteriously found dead and all hailed as martyrs to alleged anti-Christian practices among Jews. Contemporary assumptions made about the circumstances of their deaths are typical of blood libel[citation needed] .

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