Feast January 21
Saint Alban Roe
Martyr, patron of Ampleforth Abbey · Feast January 21
Biography
Alban Roe was an English Benedictine who was killed for ministering as a Catholic priest in 17th-century England. He is venerated as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
Feast day
January 21
Patronage
- Ampleforth Abbey
Birth date
1583-07-20
Death date
1642-01-21
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
25 October 1970
Canonized by
Pope Paul VI
Feast month
1
Wikidata qid
Q2267095
Feast day of month
21