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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Saint Alban
To the glory of God and in memory of St Alban, the first martyr of Britain, t...
First recorded in the 12th century. Destroyed in the Great Fire and never rebuilt. This 1799 map shows the whole site marked as "churchyard". The congregation merged with St Antholin Budge Row. The...
The Russian Orthodox Great Britain and Ireland diocese. The Archbishop is known as Metropolitan, the first being Metropolitan Anthony who held the post until his death.
Now simply the Bible Society, this was created by a group of people including William Wilberforce and Thomas Charles, to encourage the "wider circulation and use" of the Scriptures. On 7 March 1804...
Bishop of London 1813 - 28. Archbishop of Canterbury 1828 - 48. Born Hampshire. While Bishop of London he had extensive work done on both his town house, 32 St James's Square and Fulham Palace. Whi...
First translator of the New Testament into English from Greek, burned as a martyr at Vilvorde in Belgium. The last words of William Tyndale were "Lord! Open the King of England's eyes". Within a y...
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