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St Amphibolus 25th June
Amphibolus was the fugitive priest who took refuge with St Alban (the name Amphibolus means 'cloak', referring to the priestly garment which Alban donned in his stead).
Illustration of the martyrdom of Amphibolus from life of St Alban in Trinity College, Dublin, MS. 177 (formerly E.I.40).
https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Matthew_Paris#/media/File:DublinTrinityCollegeMSEi40LifeAlbanFol45rMartyrdomAmphibalus.jpg
There is a collotype facsimile of this manuscript:
Illustrations to the Life of St Alban in Trin. Coll. Dublin MS. E.i.40, Reproduced in Collotype Facsimile by the Care of W.R.L. Lowe & E.F. Jacob, with a Description of the Illustrations by M.R. James. Oxford, at the Clarendon Press, 1924.
Gordon Plumb
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