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Albinus of Angers (d. ca. 550). We know about this saint (in French, Aubin) chiefly from his closely posthumous Vita by St. Venantius Fortunatus (BHL 234). A Breton of noble birth, as a young man he entered a monastery in the vicinity of Angers and at the age of thirty-five became its abbot. Twenty-five years later Albinus was made bishop of Angers (against his will, says Fortunatus). In his ca. twenty years as bishop he took part in at least one council of Orléans (that of 538), actively opposed marriages between persons very closely related to each other, displayed humility despite his high station, and operated many miracles. 1. March is his _dies natalis_.
Albinus was buried in the church of St. Maurilius at Angers; after a few years he was translated into a new church dedicated to him. St. Gregory of Tours relates a healing miracle worked by him at his early tomb (_In gloria confessorum_, 94). By the early seventh century an abbey bearing Albinus' name had arisen next to his church at Angers. Several miracle accounts and numerous church dedications testify to his widespread popularity in the succeeding centuries. In 1070, according to a chronicle entry, Albinus was accorded a translation in his church in Angers. In 1128 he received a new tomb there; a separate account of that translation survives (BHL 237).
Paris, BnF, ms. Nouvelle acquisition latine 1390 is an illuminated, late eleventh-century copy, from his abbey at Angers, of Albinus' Vita. Herewith some views of the illuminations:
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