St. Albans, Hertfordshire - Abbey - Saxon Columns - real photo postcard 1952 pmk

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• Picture / Image:  Saxon Columns, St. Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire - real photo
• Publisher:  Photo Precision "English Series"
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  George VI 2nd brown
• Postmark(s):  St. Albans 19 Apr 1952 wavy line
• Sent to:  Whitchurch, Cardiff
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St Albans Cathedral, formally the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban, and referred to locally as "the Abbey", is a Church of England cathedral in St Albans, England. At 84 metres (276 ft),^[1] its nave is the longest of any cathedral in England. With much of its architecture dating from Norman times, it was known as St Albans Abbey before it became a cathedral in 1877, although it had ceased to be an abbey in the 16th century. It is the second longest cathedral in the United Kingdom.

Although legally a cathedral church, it differs in certain particulars from most other cathedrals in England: it is also used as a parish church, of which the dean is rector with the same powers, responsibilities and duties as that of any other parish.^[3]

Probably founded in the 8th century, the present building is Norman or Romanesque architecture of the 11th century, with Gothic and 19th-century additions.

According to Bede, whose account of the saint’s life is the most elaborate, Alban lived in Verulamium, sometime during the 3rd or 4th century. At that time Christians began to suffer "cruel persecution."^[4]Alban met a Christian priest (known as Amphibalus) fleeing from "persecutors," and sheltered him in his house for a number of days. Alban was so impressed with the priest's faith and piety that he soon converted to Christianity. Eventually Roman soldiers came to seize the priest, but Alban put on his cloak and presented himself to the soldiers in place of his guest.^[4] Alban was brought before a judge and was sentenced to beheading.^[4] As he was led to execution, he came to a fast flowing river (believed^{[by whom?]} to be the River Ver), crossed it and went about 500 paces to a gently sloping hill overlooking a beautiful plain^[4] When he reached the summit he began to thirst and prayed that God would give him drink, whereupon water sprang up at his feet. It was at this place that his head was struck off. Immediately one of the executioners delivered the fatal stroke, his eyes fell out and dropped to the ground alongside Alban's head.^[4] In later legends^[which?], it is said that Alban's head rolled downhill and that a well gushed up where it stopped.^[5] St Albans Cathedral stands near the supposed site of Alban's martyrdom and a well does exist at the bottom of the hill, Holywell Hill.^[5] However, the well dates from the 19th century and the name of the street may derive from the "Halywell" river and not from the "holy well".^[6] The date of Alban's execution is a matter of debate and is generally given as "circa 250"^{[citation needed]} — scholars^[who?] suggest dates of 209, 254 or 304.^[7] The tomb of St Amphibalus is in the Cathedral.