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Barloc of Norbury was a Middle Ages, medieval Roman Catholic Church, Catholic saint and hermit, from Anglo-Saxon England.
Very little is known of the life of this saint. Barloc's name indicates he might have been Celts, Celtic. He is known to history mainly through the hagiography of the Secgan, Secgan Manuscript; he also occurs in a litany in MS Tanner 169* of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
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 Waterford.} This church replaced a previous Anglo-Saxon one, which may also have been named for Barlock. Historian John Blair (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 veneration, venerated at Chester Cathedral, St Werburgh's, Chester and his feast day is on 10 September.
Barloc of Norbury was a Middle Ages, medieval Roman Catholic Church, Catholic saint and hermit, from Anglo-Saxon England.
Very little is known of the life of this saint. Barloc's name indicates he might have been Celts, Celtic. He is known to history mainly through the hagiography of the Secgan, Secgan Manuscript; he also occurs in a litany in MS Tanner 169* of the Bodleian Library, Oxford.
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 Waterford.} This church replaced a previous Anglo-Saxon one, which may also have been named for Barlock. Historian John Blair (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 veneration, venerated at Chester Cathedral, St Werburgh's, Chester and his feast day is on 10 September.
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