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Werner von Bacharach

The popular saint (also known as "Werner von Oberwesel" or "Werner von Womrath") was born as a poor boy near St. Goarshausen in 1271. His name is derived from the Germanic tribe of the Warnen, and he is commemorated on 19 April. He worked as a day labourer for a winegrower in Oberwesel. According to legend, he was lured into the house by Jews on Maundy Thursday in 1287 and tortured to death; these Jews needed his blood for their Passover rites and his body was thrown into the Rhine. Such anti-Jewish legends circulated frequently at the time; accusations such as ritual murder, but also host sacrilege or well poisoning (as the cause of epidemics such as the plague) were levelled, fuelling the anti-Semitism of broad sections of the population.

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