Jun 22 - Saint Alban - Martyr - 303
Alban of Verulam
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Proto-Martyr of Britain
Memorial
22 June
Profile
Soldier in the imperial Roman army of Diocletian. Convert, brought to the faith by Saint Amphibalus of Verulam whom he had sheltered. The first martyr in Britain, dying in the persecutions of Diocletian.
Died
c.303 at Verulam (Verulamium) (modern Saint Albans, England)
Canonized
Pre-Congregation
Representation
with a cross in one hand and a sword in the other, with a river or spring in the foreground
fountain
sword
head in his hand
Patronage
converts
torture victims
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Riva presso Chieri, Italy
cybrotius