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by Spixxy on February 11th, 2004

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Who is St Alban?

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  • by wickedwillie on March 28th, 2004

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    Patronage
    converts, refugees, torture victims

    Memorial
    20 June

    Born
    Verulamium, Hertfordshire (now Saint Albans), England

    Died
    tortured and beheaded c.305 at Holmhurst Hill, England

    Profile
    Soldier and solid citizen. Converted by a persecuted priest whom he sheltered. He then changed clothes with the priest, allowing him to escape. Caught, he was ordered to renounce his new faith. He refused and became the first Christian martyr in Britain. The second was the executioner who was to kill him, heard his testimony, converted on the spot, and refused to kill Alban. The third was the priest, who when he learned that Alban had been arrested in his place, hurried to the court in the hope of saving Alban by turning himself in. The place of their deaths is near the site of Saint Alban's Cathedral today.

    Prayer
    Almighty God, by whose grace and power your holy martyr Alban triumphed over suffering and was faithful even unto death: Grant to us, who now remember him with thanksgiving, to be so faithful in our witness to you in this world, that we may receive with him the crown of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

    Representation
    man with a very tall cross and a sword; decapitated, with his head in a holly bush and the eyes of his executioner dropping out.

    Source: http://www.catholic-forum.com

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