medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Phyllis Jestice wrote:
>
> Today (22. June) is the feast day of:
>
> Alban
This is a puzzle: my sources say only until 1969 - when he was shifted to 20
June, but only celebrated locally (i.e. England and Wales - rather a large
locality, if you ask me, but obviously small enough for Phyllis to miss it!)
Where he appears in the Roman Martyrology is anyone's guess (and I invite
anyone to guess...) In the Book of Common Prayer he is on 17 June, for
reasons that remain mysterious (to me, at least).
In the Sarum calendar, a Simple feast with double Invitatory.
John Briggs
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