Alban von Mainz

Saint Alban of Mainz (* in Italy, † around 406 in Mainz) was a priest, missionary, and martyr. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (520x1314, 214 KB) Content: St. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (520x1314, 214 KB) Content: St. ... Events December 31 - Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia Roman legions in Britain mutiny against the Roman Emperor and select Marcus as new Roman Emperor. ... Mainz (French: Mayence) is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Roman Catholic priest LCDR Allen R. Kuss (USN) aboard USS Enterprise A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ... A missionary is a propagator of religion, often an evangelist or other representative of a religious community who works among those outside of that community. ... Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for their religious faith, such as during the persecution of early Christians in the Roman Empire. ...

Rabanus Maurus wrote in his Martyrology about Alban, who was sent to Gallia as a missionary by Ambrose of Milan. In Mainz, Alban helped bishop Aureus of Mainz to regain his bishopric. But in 406, during a Vandals attac, Aureus was slain and Alban was beheaded while praying. Rabanus Maurus (left) presents his work to Otgar of Mainz Rabanus Maurus Magnentius (c. ... A martyrology is a catalogue or list of martyrs, or, more exactly, of saints, arranged in the order of their anniversaries. ... Gallia may mean several things: Gallia was the Latin name for Gaul. ... Saint Ambrose, mosaic in church St. ... The Vandals were an East Germanic tribe that entered the late Roman Empire during the 5th century and created a state in North Africa, centered on the city of Carthage. ...

The legend says Alban carried his head on his hands to the place where he wanted to be buried.

A Church was built at his gravesite. It became the center of a large Benedictine monastery, which was renovated by Charlemagne in 806. The monastery was devastated in 1552 and never renewed. ... A monastery is the habitation of monks, derived from the Greek word for a hermits cell. ... Charlemagne (742 or 747 – 28 January 814) (also Charles the Great; from Latin, Carolus Magnus or, in German, Karl der Große), son of King Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon, was the king of the Franks from 768 to 814 and king of the Lombards from 774 to... Events April 12 - Nicephorus elected patriarch of Constantinople, succeeding Tarasius. ... Events April - War between Henry II of France and Emperor Charles V. Henry invades Lorraine and captures Toul, Metz, and Verdun. ...

Sometimes St Alban is confused with another St Alban, who was martyred at Verulamium (now St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England). see St Albans (disambiguation) for place names Shrine of Saint Alban in St Albans Cathedral Saint Alban was the first Christian martyr in Britain. ... Remains of the city walls Verulamium was the third largest city in Roman Britain. ... St Albans, St. ... Hertfordshire (pronounced Hartfordshire and abbreviated as Herts) is an inland county in the United Kingdom, officially part of the East of England Government region. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK...

Alban is represented in art as carrying his head between his hands, having been beheaded.