Venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr. Traditionally believed to have been beheaded in Verulamium (modern St Albans) sometime during the 3rd or 4th century.
His attributes are: Soldier with a very large cross and a sword; decapitated, with his head in a holly bush and the eyes of his executioner dropping out. Nice.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Saint Alban
To the glory of God and in memory of St Alban, the first martyr of Britain, t...
Built in 1852 as a Methodist Wesleyan chapel with seats for 1,000. In 1917 the building was acquired and adapted for Catholic use as the Holy Apostles church, a chapel of ease, served by clergy fro...
Non-conformist minister and numismatist. Born Bristol. Became Baptist minister at Little Wild Street (see Samuel Stennett)Â in 1730 but in 1735 he had to leave when accused by a member of the congre...
One of the Deacons at the Wandsworth chapel who provided lectures and popular entertainments during the week for the working classes.  Active in 1883.
Lollard heretic. Vicar of Harmondsworth Middlesex and of St Nicholas Deptford.  He followed the Lollard doctrine which the authorities opposed and so he was burnt at the stake on Tower Hill for her...
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