St. Alban and St. Albans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7660665 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wilhelm Levison (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1941 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 60 |
| Pages | 337-359 |
| Publication date | 1941-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x00015866 |
| OpenAlex | W2187003170 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
The name of St. Alban, the protomartyr Angliae , occurs for the first time in the Life of Bishop Germanus of Auxerre which Constantius of Lyons wrote about 480. Germanus and his colleague Lupus of Troyes had been sent to Britain in 429 to fight against the Pelagian heretics; having succeeded, they visited the tomb of St. Alban to offer their thanks for the victory (c. 16, in Mon. Germ, hist., Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum VII, 262) : Conpressa itaque perversitate damnabili eiusque auctoribus confutatis animisque omnium fidei puritate conpositis, sacerdotes beatum Albanum martyrem, acturi Deo per ipsum gratias, petierunt . The genuine text of the Life does not tell anything more of the martyr, who evidently could be presumed to be known to the reader. The uneventful return of the bishops to Gaul too is attributed to the intercession of the saint (c. 18, p. 265) : Tranquillam navigationem merita propria et intercessio Albani martyris paraverunt, quietosque antestites suorum desideriis felix carina restituit
Ancient history · Art · Art history · Biology · Bishops · Martyr · SAINT · Theology · Victory · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Law · Medieval Literature and History · Paleontology · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1971 - 2017 (47) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |