Abbey of St Albans

E817688
Benedictine monastery cathedral church building

The Abbey of St Albans is a historic English Benedictine monastery and later cathedral built to honor Britain’s first Christian martyr, Saint Alban, and a major medieval center of pilgrimage and learning.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Abbey of St Albans canonical 2
St Albans Abbey 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Benedictine monastery ⓘ
cathedral ⓘ
church building ⓘ
affiliationAfterReformation Anglican ⓘ
associatedWith Matthew Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
medieval chroniclers ⓘ
country England ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint Alban NERFINISHED ⓘ
denomination Church of England ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
diocese Diocese of St Albans NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevatedToCathedralInCentury 19th century ⓘ
elevatedToCathedralYear 1877 ⓘ
foundedAs Benedictine monastery ⓘ
foundedBy King Offa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Offa of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedInCentury 8th century ⓘ
function cathedral church ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Gothic architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romanesque architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature cloister (remains) ⓘ
crossing tower ⓘ
long nave ⓘ
medieval wall paintings ⓘ
shrine chapel of Saint Alban ⓘ
hasRelic relics of Saint Alban NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building ⓘ
knownFor Romanesque and Gothic architecture ⓘ
center of learning ⓘ
medieval chronicles ⓘ
medieval pilgrimage ⓘ
monastic scriptorium ⓘ
shrine of Saint Alban NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfLiturgicalUse English ⓘ
Latin (historical) ⓘ
locatedIn Hertfordshire ⓘ
St Albans NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedNear site of Roman Verulamium ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Alban NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf City and District of St Albans NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousOrder Benedictines NERFINISHED ⓘ
status active cathedral ⓘ
usedFor Christian worship ⓘ
cultural events ⓘ
tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Alban → associatedWithPlace → Abbey of St Albans ⓘ
Sopwell Nunnery ruins → foundedBy → Abbey of St Albans ⓘ
Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester → burialPlace → Abbey of St Albans ⓘ
this entity surface form: St Albans Abbey