ST ALBANS


Meaning of ST ALBANS in English

a town in Hertfordshire , southern England, built near the old Roman town of Verulamium. Its cathedral (11th–14th centuries) is in honour of St Alban, a Roman soldier who was the first person in Britain to be killed for his Christian beliefs. Two battles (1455 and 1461) were fought at St Albans during the Wars of the Roses .

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