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Who was he? St Alban Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 11/5/2014
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Terrain:
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Geocache Description:

Part of my unnumbered Who Was S/He? series, looking at historical/important people who have shaped the naming of our streets an buildings in Worcester. This one is all about St Alban. The cache is not at the above coordinates, these are coordinates for St Alban's Close. You will need a pen and possibly tweezers.

Saint Alban is venerated as the first recorded British Christian martyr, and is considered to be the British protomartyr. Along with his fellow saints "Amphibalus," Julius, and Aaron, Alban is one of four named martyrs recorded from Roman Britain. He is traditionally believed to have been beheaded in the Roman city of Verulamium (modern St. Alban's Cathedral) sometime during the 3rd or 4th century, and his cult has been celebrated there since ancient times.

The cache can be found at N 52° [E+H].[{(F-B)-(A+A)}-(G-I)] W 002° [(D-C)+(H-I)].[{F+(G-H)}-{Ax(E-H)}]

A= Date of his feast day in June

B= When does John Morris date Alban's death?

C= In June of which year was a scapula (shoulder blade), believed to be a relic of St Alban, presented to St Albans Cathedral and placed inside the saint’s restored 13th-century shrine?

>D=In which year did the band 3 Penny Acre release the album Rag and Bone which contains the song St. Alban's Day?

E= In which century did Bede elaborate the story of Alban?

F= Around which year did St Germanus visit Alban's shrine?

G= Venantius Fortunatus, in Southern Gaul, who commemorates him in the line:

Albanum egregium fecunda Britannia profert. ("Lo! fruitful Britain vaunts great Alban's name.") ("Carmina", ?, iii, 155).

What is the missing number (volume number)?

H= St Alban is the patron saint of how many groups?

I= How many streets in Worcester (WR postcode) are named for the Saint?

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