Saint Alban of Mainz

Also known as

• Albano di Magonza
• Albinus of Mainz

Memorial

• 21 June

Profile

Priest. Worked with Saint Ursus. The two fled Naxos, Greece to Naples, Italy to escape Arian persecution. Saint Ambrose of Milan sent them on to Gaul and Germany to evangelize the pagans there. Ursus was killed on the way, but Alban continued to Mainz, Germany. He became famous as a preacher, converting many, and opposing Arianism. Martyred by invading Vandals.

Born

• Greek or Albanian (sources vary)

Died

• martyred c.400 by pagan Vandals at Hanum, Germany
• his body was beheaded post-mortem

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against epilepsy
• against gravel
• against hernia
• against kidney stones
• epileptics
• hernia victims

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
• Santini Imagini

MLA Citation

• “Saint Alban of Mainz”. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 May 2012. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-alban-of-mainz/>