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Saint Alban was a male soldier and military personnel from Ancient Rome. Born in Verulamium, he lived during the Roman Empire period. His name in the native language was Albanus. He held citizenship in Ancient Rome and practiced Christianity alongside ancient Roman religion.
Alban died in Verulamium by decapitation, a form of capital punishment. Historical records list varying dates for his death, including 250, 283, and 305, with a specific date of June 22, 305. His feast day is observed on June 22. He is described in sources such as the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition and The Catholic Encyclopedia.
Synthesized by Vinony from 35 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, OpenAlex, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 18
Top works
- Noel aux quatre vents
- Noële aux Quatre Ventes, Tome 5, L'enfant des Quatre Vents
- Noele aux Quatre Vents Tome 1/ Les Quatre Vents
- Noele aux quatre vents Tome 5 l'enfant des Quatre Vents
- Anne jour apres jour
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1957-08-26
Discography
- Hello Afrika: The Album1990
- Hello Afrika1990
- No Coke1990
- Sing Shi-Wo-Wo: Stop the Pollution1991
- U & Mi1991
- It’s My Life1992
- One Love1992
- One Love: The Album1992
- Sing Hallelujah!1993
- Look Who’s Talking1994
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 3
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Academic profile · OpenAlex
- Works
- 1
- Cited by
- 1
Research areas
Most cited works
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Recent developments in photocatalytic water treatment technology: A review
· 2010 · cited 4,887x
- Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000–14 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries
· 2018 · cited 4,330x
- Super-Enhancers in the Control of Cell Identity and Disease
· 2013 · cited 3,465x
- Central Sensitization: A Generator of Pain Hypersensitivity by Central Neural Plasticity
· 2009 · cited 3,143x
- <i>LMO2</i>
-Associated Clonal T Cell Proliferation in Two Patients after Gene Therapy for SCID-X1
· 2003 · cited 3,033x
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Key facts
- Born
- unknown, Verulamium , Roman Britain (modern-day St Albans , United Kingdom)
- Died
- disputed: 209, c. 251 or 304, Holywell Hill (formerly Holmhurst Hill), St Albans
- Venerated in
- Catholic Church , Anglican Communion , Eastern Orthodox Church , Oriental Orthodox Church , Church of the East
- Major shrine
- Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban
- Feast
- 22 June (Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church, General Roman Calendar of 1960 ) , 20 June ( Current Roman Calendar )
- Attributes
- 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
- Patronage
- converts, refugees, torture victims
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alban
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Verulamium
- Place of death
- Verulamium
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Religion
- ancient Roman religion
- Military rank
- soldier
- Image
- StAlban.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- Commons category
- Saint Alban
- date of death
- 0400-00-00
- date of birth
- 0200-00-00
- time period
- Roman Empire
- cause of death
- decapitation
- feast day
- June 22
- name in native language
- Albanus
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- P12749
- Cardiobacteriaceae
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Saint Alban (/ˈɔːlbən, ˈæl-/; Latin: Albanus) is venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr, for which reason he is considered to be the protomartyr of Britain. Along with fellow Saints Julius and Aaron, Alban is one of three named martyrs recorded at an early date from Roman Britain (Amphibalus was the name given much later to the priest he was said to have been protecting). He is traditionally believed to have been beheaded in Verulamium (modern-day St Albans) sometime during the 3rd or 4th century, and has been celebrated there since ancient times.
Life and hagiography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Saint Alban” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.