William of St Albans
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William of St Albans
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William of St Albans was a Benedictine monk and hagiographer who wrote a history of the martyrdom of Saint Alban, the first such work to name Amphibalus after Geoffrey of Monmouth. Simon, abbot of St Albans (1167–1188) asked William to write The Passion of St Alban, according to the book's preface. The book mentions that the body of Amphibalus had yet to be found: this occurred in 1178, suggesting that the work was written before this date. William drew on the stories of Alban as told by Bede an
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