St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)
St. Albans School (STA) is an independent college preparatory day and boarding school for boys in grades 4–12, located in Washington, D.C. The school is named after Saint Alban, traditionally regarded as the first British martyr. Within the St. Albans community, the school is commonly referred to as "S-T-A."
St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)
St. Albans in July 2012
St. Albans
Al Gore in the 1965 St. Albans School yearbook
Saint Alban is venerated as the first-recorded British Christian martyr, for which reason he is considered to be the British protomartyr. Along with fellow Saints Julius and Aaron, Alban is one of three named martyrs recorded at an early date from Roman Britain. He is traditionally believed to have been beheaded in Verulamium sometime during the 3rd or 4th century, and has been celebrated there since ancient times.
Saint Alban
Stained glass in St Albans Cathedral in England, showing the death of Saint Alban
The martyrdom of St Alban, from a 13th-century manuscript written and illustrated by Matthew Paris, now in Trinity College Library, Dublin; note the executioner's eyes falling out of his head
Martyrdom of Amphibalus from the Trinity College Life of St Alban
