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William of St Albans
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'''William of St Albans''' ([[floruit|fl.]] 1178) 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]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
Simon, abbot of St Albans (1167–1188) asked William to write ''The Passion of St Alban'' (''Passio sancti Albani''), according to the book's preface.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> 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.<ref></ref> William drew on the stories of Alban as told by [[Bede]] and [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]], the latter of whom he acknowledges in the preface. He frames the work as a translation of an [[Old English]] book, similar to Geoffrey's claim that his ''[[De gestis Britonum]]'' was a translation of an ancient work.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
[[Ralph of Dunstable]] later made a versification of William's ''Passion''; the ''Vie de seint Auban'' by [[Matthew Paris]] is another adaptation of the work.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
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Simon, abbot of St Albans (1167–1188) asked William to write ''The Passion of St Alban'' (''Passio sancti Albani''), according to the book's preface.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref> 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.<ref></ref> William drew on the stories of Alban as told by [[Bede]] and [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]], the latter of whom he acknowledges in the preface. He frames the work as a translation of an [[Old English]] book, similar to Geoffrey's claim that his ''[[De gestis Britonum]]'' was a translation of an ancient work.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
[[Ralph of Dunstable]] later made a versification of William's ''Passion''; the ''Vie de seint Auban'' by [[Matthew Paris]] is another adaptation of the work.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Year of birth unknown]]
[[Category:Year of death unknown]]
[[Category:Christian hagiographers]]
[[Category:12th-century English writers]]
[[Category:English male non-fiction writers]]
[[Category:12th-century Latin writers]]
March 18, 2019 at 12:46AM
