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4 unusual facts about St Albans Cathedral


David Temple

He also appears regularly with Hertfordshire Chorus at venues including the Royal Albert Hall, the Barbican, The Sage Gateshead and St Albans Cathedral.

East Barnet Urban District

A crest was added above the shield: a hart from the arms of Hertfordshire County Council, with a shield hanging from the neck bearing the cross of St Alban for the historical associations of the Abbey of St Albans with the area.

Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland

Northumberland was also among the casualties, and was buried at the nearby St Albans Abbey.

St. Pantaleon's Church, Cologne

In 2002, a collar bone, one of the relics in the shrine, was moved to St Albans Cathedral in St Albans, England, and placed in the shrine to Saint Alban there.


Affirming Catholicism

Prominent supporters include the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, as well as the Dean of St Albans, Jeffrey John, both of whom have served on the executive committee of British / Irish Affirming Catholicism in recent years.

Church of St. Peter, St. Albans

There is some uncertainty about the dates other details in the writings of Paris, but there is little doubt that the church, together with St Stephen's and St Michael's churches, was built at about that time to receive pilgrims and to prepare them for their visit to the shrine of St Alban within St Albans Abbey.

St. Stephen's Church, St. Albans

Although there are now some questions about the exact date of its foundation (and the date of Abbot Ulsinus), it is reasonably clear that, together with St Michael's and St Peter's churches, the church was built at about that time to receive pilgrims and to prepare them for their visit to the shrine of St Alban within St Albans Abbey.


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