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Balthere [St Balthere, Baldred, Balther]

(d. 756)

D. H. Farmer

https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/1157

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Balthere [St Balthere, Baldred, Balther] (d. 756), hermit, is often confused with an earlier saint of the same name. The later and better-known Balthere was described by his near contemporary Alcuin, in his poem on the bishops, kings, and saints of York. The so-called ...

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date: 11 April 2021

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