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Alban
see
St Albans (disambiguation)
for place names
Saint Alban
was the first Christian
martyr
in
Britain
, becoming a
saint
of the
Catholic Church
. According to the church, he was a
pagan
who converted to
Christianity
and was executed either circa
304
or
309
, by beheading on a hill above the
Roman
settlement of
Verulamium
.
St. Albans Abbey
at
St Albans
,
Hertfordshire
,
England
was later founded near this site.
Feast day:
June 22
.
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