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'''England's first Christian martyr'''
Alban was a pagan living in the Roman city of Verulamium, where [[St Albans, England|St. Albans]] is now, in Hertfordshire, England, about twenty miles from London along Watling Street. In A.D. 209, when the local Christians were being persecuted by the Romans, Alban sheltered their priest in his home and was converted to the Christian faith by him. When the soldiers came to Alban's house looking for the priest, Alban exchanged cloaks with the priest and let himself be arrested in his stead. Alban was taken before the magistrate, where he avowed his new Christian faith and was condemned for it. He was beheaded on the spot where the cathedral named for him now stands.
'''The abbey & cathedral'''
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Among the persons buried at St. Albans are Thomas de la Mare, who died at the age of 87 in 1396, having been abbot for 47 years, and Sir Anthony (or Antony) Grey, who died in 1480 and was the brother-in-law of [[Elizabeth Woodville]], the queen consort of [[Edward IV of England]]. The brasses are still on their tombs, all the others in the church having been destroyed at the rime of the [[Dissolution]].
See also: [[History of St Albans, England]]
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