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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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Saint Alban
To the glory of God and in memory of St Alban, the first martyr of Britain, t...
Priest. Founder of St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, and first vicar there: 1870 - 1907. From St Augustine's Church website: "Richard Carr Kirkpatrick was the son of an Irish landowner and a friend ...
Queen Mary I (reigned 1553-8) earned the nickname 'Bloody Mary' for the persecution and execution of Protestants and other non-Catholics during her reign. Wikipedia lists abut 40 in an 'incomplete...
Designed by William Wardell, its foundation stone was laid by Cardinal Wiseman in 1851. The need for the church grew from the indigenous Catholic population being boosted by Irish immigration in th...
Writer of hymns and religious studies. Born Jemima Thompson in Islington. She planned to do missionary work in India, but illness prevented her from doing so. She married the Reverend Samuel Luke, ...
One of the Deacons at the Wandsworth chapel who provided lectures and popular entertainments during the week for the working classes. Active in 1883.
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