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The Bulletin
Fix this text“The Bulletin,†Vol. 71—No. 3679
Fix this textWednesday, August 16, 1950
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Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaper.
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Fix this textST. ALBANS CATHEDRAL COMMEMORATES A ROMAN LEGIONARY
Fix this textTWENTY miles from London, on the River Ver, is St. Albans, whose
Fix this texthistory stretches back almost two thousand years to the first century b.c..
Fix this textwhen, during the period of Roman occupation of Britain, the town was
Fix this textknown as Verulamium. It was here that the Roman soldier Albnnus was
Fix this textbeheaded for having embraced the Christian faith and for having sheltered a
Fix this textChristian priest. He was the first. Christian to suffer martyrdom in England,
Fix this textand upon the site of his execution, on Holmhurst Hill, above the River /er,
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Fix this textFollowing the departure of the Romans from Britain Verulamium sank
Fix this textinto decay, and all signs of the martyr’s grave disappeared. Three centuries
Fix this textlater, however, the Saxon King Offa, tormented by the memory of many
Fix this textcrimes, declared that, in expiation, he would search for the martyrs bones
Fix this textand build an Abbey over them. While searching the summit ot Holmhurst
Fix this textHill with a band of chiefs, so tradition asserts, a flash of lightning struck
Fix this textthe ground at their feet, and excavation at this point revealed the bonw «f
Fix this textSaint Alban. Fulfilling his promise, Offa built a church and founded a
Fix this textBenedictine Abbey in the year 793, which soonamassedgreat wealth, and
Fix this textwas destined to become the most magnificent Abbey, with t ' 1 r e , ex , ce^ lo " °;
Fix this textWestminster, in the kingdom. The Saxon church was replaced .later by a
Fix this textNorman Abbey, and around this ecclesiastical centre grew the tow
Fix this textof St. Albans, to which succeeding centuries have made their own characteristic
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Fix this textBesides examples of all periods of architecture, the Ab ey c â–
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Fix this textVerulamium, and in its North Transept traces of the Saxon churchy
Fix this textstill be seen St. Alban’s Cathedral and Abbey Church is aso remarKao e
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