St Alban, Germanus of Auxerre, and a cult at Verulamium.
This article argues that there is no strong evidence for the continuity of the cult of St Alban at Verulamium from the fifth to the eighth century. The written evidence suggests rather that the martyr narrative and cult of Alban was created in Gaul and reimported to Britain through texts. The activi...
| Publicado en: | Early Medieval Europe Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 391 - 412 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Aug2025
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