Britain's first martyr. Hundreds of children, clergy and pilgrims from around the world joined the Bishop of St Albans, the Rt Revd Christopher Herbert, the Dean of St Albans, the Very Revd Dr ...

The Cathedral of St Albans in Hertfordshire has a claim to be the most ancient of all Britain’s churches. The story of the settlement it serves can be traced back archaeologically into the Iron Age.

June 22 was selected even though that was the feast of the first English martyr, St. Alban. A pagan living in Roman Britain, Alban sheltered a Christian priest named Amphibalus. The priest’s ...

A bone believed to be a relic of St Alban, the first British martyr, has been returned to Hertfordshire. A group from the church of St Pantaleon in Cologne, Germany, presented St Albans Cathedral with ...

A CHURCH wants to put up gates to stop the homeless congregating in its grounds. St Alban the Martyr Church in St John’s Road, Westcliff, has sent a note to residents nearby saying it ...

Mother Evers said the St Alban the Martyr Anglican Church would also hold a car boot sale after mass to raise money for the church. She said a cat and even a goldfish came along last year.

“St Alban's Cathedral stands on the site of St Alban’s execution and burial. He was the first Christian British martyr,” said Mr Armitage Andy Davey of Edinburgh-based architects Simpson and ...