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See also:ALBAN, See also:SAINT , usually styled the protomartyr of See also:Britain, is said to have been See also:born at See also:Verulamium (the See also:modern St Albans in See also:Hertfordshire) towards the See also:close of the 3rd See also:century, and to have served for seven years in See also:Rome in the See also:army of the See also:emperor See also:Diocletian. On his return to Britain he settled at his native See also:place and was put to See also:death as a See also:Christian during the persecution of Diocletian (c. 286-303). According to tradition, when See also:peace was restored, See also:great honours were paid to his See also:tomb. A See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church was built on the spot, c. 793, by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King See also:Offa of See also:Mercia. A monastery was subsequently added, and around it the See also:present See also:town of St Albans gradually See also:grew up. See also:Pope See also:Adrian I.V., who was born in the neighbourhood, conferred on the See also:- ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
- ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
- ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
- ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
- ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)
abbot of St Alban's the, right of See also:precedence over his See also:fellow abbots, a right hitherto attached to the See also:abbey of See also:Glastonbury. St Alban is commemorated in the See also:Roman See also:martyrology on the 22nd of See also:June; but it is impossible to determine with certainty whether he ever existed, as no mention of him occurs till the See also:middle of the 6th century.
See U. See also:Chevalier, Repertoire See also:des See also:sources historiques (19os);i, 95; D. See also:Hardy, Descriptive See also:Catalogue, (18¢2), I. i. 3-34, ii. 688.
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