Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Rahere (or Raher or Raherius) (died 1144) was clergyman and a favourite of King Henry I. He is most famous for having founded St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1123.Many of the details of Rahere's life have become confused with legend, but undoubtedly a historical Rahere existed and did many of the things in the legends about him. He has been described as a clergyman (clerk), a courtier, a minstrel, and a jester, and may at different times in his life have been all of these.. }
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- Rahere comment "Rahere (or Raher or Raherius) (died 1144) was clergyman and a favourite of King Henry I. He is most famous for having founded St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1123.Many of the details of Rahere's life have become confused with legend, but undoubtedly a historical Rahere existed and did many of the things in the legends about him. He has been described as a clergyman (clerk), a courtier, a minstrel, and a jester, and may at different times in his life have been all of these.".