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Rahere (died 1144) was a clergyman, possibly a court jester to King Henry I. In 1123 he founded St Bartholomew's Hospital in London, having had a vision of St Bartholomew while on a pilgrimage to Rome.
Cassell's Encyclopedia of queer myth, symbol and spirit describes Rahere as "alleged to have beeb homoerotically inclined"[1]
References
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- ↑ "Rahere" in Randy P Lunčunas Conner and others, Cassell's 'Encyclopedia of queer myth, symbol and spirit, 1998, ISBN 0-304-70423-7