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What is Saint Alban venerated as?

  • The first-recorded British Christian martyr

  • A Roman god

  • An English warrior

  • A Greek thinker

Answer

Saint Alban is venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr. He is said to have been executed in AD 209 at Verulamium (now St Albans) for sheltering a priest. Alban was converted to Christianity by the priest and died as a martyr.
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