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On Friday, August 5, 2005, at 3:49 pm, Brenda Cook wrote:
> On Tuesday, July 26, 2005, at 8:20 pm, Phyllis wrote:
>
> > Pantaleon (early 4th cent.?) Nothing historical is known about
> > this
> > saint, but there's a very lovely church dedicated to him in
> > Cologne.
>
> In addition there is a shine in this basilica to one Saint Albin
> [sic] of
> Verulamium (so spelled to distinguish him from St Alban of Mainz).
He's called "Albanus" in the on-line guide maintained by Köln's parish
of St. Pantaleon. See the latter's menu of views of this church:
http://www.pantaleon-koeln.de/Galerie/Kirche/kirche.htm
Herewith that site's views of the Albanus-Schrein:
http://www.pantaleon-koeln.de/Galerie/Kirche/alban.JPG
http://www.pantaleon-koeln.de/Galerie/Kirche/alban1.JPG
http://www.pantaleon-koeln.de/Galerie/Kirche/alban2.JPG
http://www.pantaleon-koeln.de/Galerie/Kirche/alban3.JPG
http://www.pantaleon-koeln.de/Galerie/Kirche/alban4.JPG
As Brenda says,
> Very pretty casket with the story of
> St Alban's martyrdom as a (comic) strip of little gold panels.
For comparison, herewith two views of the reconstructed shrine of St.
Alban in the (C. of E.) cathedral of St. Albans:
http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk/hertfordshire/stalbans43big.html
TinyURL for this: http://tinyurl.com/bl5hs
http://lexikon.freenet.de/Bild:Shrine-of-st-alban.jpg
In 2002 a bone said be that of St. Alban was returned here from Köln's
Sankt Pantaleon. See: http://tinyurl.com/c87h6
Returning now to Brenda's contribution:
> I can dig out the full story, but it seems that the Empress Tiffany
> broughtwith her as part of her dowry the relics (a bone ? some the
> bones ?) of
> Saint Alban of Verulamium the British proto-martyr which had been
> given to
> St Germanus of Auxerre. These were enshrined in St P's which was her
> foundation and where she is entombed. Very pretty casket with the
> story of
> St Alban's martyrdom as a (comic) strip of little gold panels.
Here are a couple of views of the "Tiffany" chapel in Sankt Pantaleon:
http://www.pantaleon-koeln.de/Galerie/Kirche/theophanu2.JPG
http://www.pantaleon-koeln.de/Galerie/Kirche/theophanu1.JPG
'Tiffany', BTW, is an anglicisation of 'Theophania', so as a
representation in English of 'Theophano' or 'Theophanu' it's certainly
legitimate. Compare 'Lettice' for 'L(a)etitia'. If, on the other hand,
some younger female member of the family of Alexios V Murtzouphlos had
been called 'Murtzouphla' I would be hesitant to refer to her as "the
princess Muffy".
'Albin', though, is ordinarily a germanicisation of 'Albinus' (a Roman
name quite distinct from 'Albanus'). Köln has a St. Albin of its own; see:
http://tinyurl.com/bggat
So there's room to wonder a bit about the accuracy of the information
Brenda received about the Alban in Sankt Pantaleon having been called
Albin.
Best again,
John Dillon
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