Saint Alban of Mainz
Encyclopedia : S : SA : SAI : Saint Alban of Mainz
| Saint Alban | |
|---|---|
| |
| Born | ?, Greece or Albania |
| Died | c.400, Hanum |
| Feast | June 21 |
| Patronage | hernia, epislepsy, gravel, kidney stones |
Saint Alban of Mainz (* in Italy, † around 406 in Mainz) was a priest, missionary, and martyr.
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 attack, Aureus was slain and Alban was beheaded while praying.
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 centre of a large Benedictine monastery, which was renovated by Charlemagne in 806. The monastery was devastated in 1552 and never renewed.
Sometimes St Alban is confused with another St Alban, who was martyred at Verulamium (now St Albans, Hertfordshire, England).
Alban is represented in art as carrying his head between his hands, having been beheaded.
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.