Barloc of Norbury was a

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, from Anglo-Saxon England. Very little is known of the life of this saint. Barloc's name indicates he might have been Celtic. He is known to

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mainly through the hagiography of the Secgan Manuscript; he also occurs in a litany in MS Tanner 169* of the Bodleian Library,

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. Saint Barlock has been identified with Finbarr of Cork. Around 1179, John Fitzherbert, 3rd Lord of Norbury, built a church in Norbury dedicated to St Barlacus. (Fitzherbert had previously been Governor of

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.} This church replaced a previous Anglo-Saxon one, which may also have been named for Barlock. Historian John Blair suggests a connection between the name Barlock and the Welsh "Barrog". The name also appears as Saint Barlok in a 1491 charter.Cox, J. Charles. 1877. ''Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire''. Page 246. Chesterfield, Edmonds. Barloc was

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at St Werburgh's, Chester and his feast day is on 10 September.

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