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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Alban |
 | | His executioner was converted, and the man who replaced him, after striking the fatal blow, was punished with blindness. |
 | | A later development in the legend informs us that the cleric's name was Amphibalus, and that he, with some companions, was stoned to death a few days afterwards at Redbourn, four miles from St. Albans. |
 | | What germ of truth may underlie these legends it is difficult to decide. |
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