Patron Saints of the Parish
(hold your cursor over each picture for more information about that Saint)
St. Alban was the first martyr of England, his own country. During a persecution of Christians, Alban, though a pagan then, hid a priest in his house. The priest made such a great impression on this kind pagan that Alban received instructions and became a Christian himself.

St Alban
The first English Martyr
a native of our city of St Albans
His date of birth is unknown but
we know he died around 287
Feast 22 June




Stephen's name means "crown," and he was the first disciple of Jesus to receive the martyr's crown. Stephen was a deacon in the early Christian Church. The apostles had found that they needed helpers to look after the care of the widows and the poor. So they ordained seven deacons, and Stephen is the most famous of these.
St Stephen (the first disciple of Jesus to receive the martyr's crown), a native of Jerusalem
His date of birth is unknown but we know he died around 35 AD
Feast 26 December
He received his masters degree in 1491 and thereafter occupied the vicarage of Northallerton until 1494. He then became proctor at Cambridge, at his college, Michaelhouse (later part of Trinity College), until 1501; then as vice-chancellor of the university from 1501 to 1504; and finally with a lifetime appointment as chancellor, beginning in 1504. Meanwhile, as chaplain/confessor to Lady Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond and Derby, and mother of Henry VII, Fisher became closely associated in her endowments to Cambridge and in 1503 became the first Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Cambridge. He had a great progressive influence, promoting humanism, creating scholarships, and introducing Greek and Hebrew into the curriculum. He brought in the world-famous Dutch scholar Desiderious Erasmus to Cambridge as professor of Divinity and Greek.

St John Fisher
(sentenced to death for refusing to accept
Henry VIII as head of the church)
a Yorkshireman
Born in 1459 and died in 1535
Feast 22 June
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