Saint
Barloc of Norbury
An Anglo-Saxon saint honored at Norbury.
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Norbury
Life
Saint Barloc of Norbury was a hermit in Anglo-Saxon England, of whose life very little is known. His name suggests that he may have been Celtic. He is known mainly from the Secgan Manuscript and from a litany in MS Tanner 169 in the Bodleian Library. Around 1179 John Fitzherbert built a church at Norbury dedicated to Saint Barlacus, replacing an older Anglo-Saxon one. Some identify him with Saint Finbarr of Cork.