William of Norwich (2 February 1132 – 22 March 1144) was an English boy whose death was, at the time, attributed to the Jewish community of Norwich. It is the first known medieval accusation against Jews of ritual murder. (Child kidnapped and murdered around Easter/Passover)
Saint Harold was a child martyr who was reported to have been slain by Jews in Gloucester, England, in 1168. A Catholic Saint many others not officially recognized so listed instead as venerated
Werner of Oberwesel (1271 – 1287) was a 16-year old in Germany whose death was blamed on ritual sacrifice by Jewish community around Easter. Venerated in Germany, Pope later apologized.
Hugh of Lincoln (1246 – 1255) was an English boy whose death was blamed on Jewish community. Sometimes called Little Saint Hugh he was never officially made a Saint.
Saint Robert of Bury (death 1181) was an English boy, allegedly murdered and found in the town of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. His death was blamed on local Jewish community.
Andreas Oxner von Rinn, died 1462 is a folk saint of the Roman Catholic Church. A later writer alleged that the three-year-old boy had been ritually murdered by the Jews in the village of Rinn, Northern Tyrol in Austria. Child was venerated for over 500 years until 1994.
Simon of Trent, death 1475 venerated, whose disappearance and murder was blamed on the leaders of the city's Jewish community. Trento part of Italy now🇮🇹
The Holy Child of La Guardia (alleged death 1491) a folk saint in Spanish Roman Catholicism and the subject of a medieval blood libel in the town of La Guardia in the central Spanish province of Toledo 🇪🇸 #history
Saint Gabriel of Białystok (Death 1690) is a child saint in the Russian Orthodox Church. The legend of his death describes a ritual murder which has been described as a blood libel. Poland #History 🇵🇱
Tiszaeszlar trial of 1882 occurred in Austria Hungary and was a lengthy murder trial for Eszter Solymosi, a 14-year-old Christian. Local Jewish community eventually found not guilty
Secret work of Hungarian painter, Munkácsy Mihály, realized between 1882-1887, at the request of Russian Czar, Alexander III. Scene of alleged ritual murder of Eszter Solymosi #Art
Anežka Hrůzová was a 19 year old Catholic found in the woods with her throat cut and no signs of rape was still a virgin on post mordem exam. Leopold Hilsner was convicted eventually set free accused of ritual murder in 1899 Polna, Austria-Hungary happened near Passover
On March 12, 1911 a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy Andrei Yushchinsky disappeared. 8 days later his mutilated body was found. The trial for murder was in Kiev with Menahem Beilis charged. Ritual murder allegation (thread continued)
1911 autopsy photo Andrei Yushchinsky, case unsolved. Modern researchers cast blame on Vera Cheberyak
According to Sanhedrin 57a in the Babylonian Talmud, Gimmel ג Shin ש Resh ר represent three mitzvots. Shin ש symbolizing bloodshed. That's … really something
Blood libel history from Wikipedia Hebrew, missed a couple
https://he.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%AA_%D7%93%D7%9D
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