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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Alban, Saint - English
URL: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01252b.htm

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First martyr of Britain, suffered c. 304. The commonly received account of the martyrdom of St. Alban meets us as early as the pages of Bede's "Ecclesiastical History" (Bk. I, chs. vii and xviii). According to this, St. Alban was a pagan living at Verulamium (now the town of St. Albans in Hertfordshire), when a persecution of the Christians broke out, and a certain cleric flying for his life took refuge in Alban's house.

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Biography: Alban, First Martyr of Britain (22 Jun 304) - English
URL: http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/06/22.html

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There were probably Christians in the British Isles already in the first century. However, Alban is the first recorded Christian martyr. The traditional date of his death is 304, during the persecution under the Emperor Diocletian; but many scholars now date it as around 209, during the persecution under the Emperor Septimius Severus. Alban was a pagan, and a soldier in the Roman Army. He gave shelter to a Christian priest who was fleeing from arrest, and in the next few days the two talked at length, and Alban became a Christian.

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Patron Saints Index: Saint Alban - English
URL: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainta34.htm

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Patron Saint Index profile of Saint Alban; illustrated.

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