{"slug": "st-albans-cathedral", "label": "St Albans Cathedral", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Albans_Cathedral", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q334377", "qid": "Q334377", "description": "cathedral in St Albans, England", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [793, 1877], "span_label": ["793 CE", "1877 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 7}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["St Albans Abbey"], "related": [{"slug": "offa-of-mercia", "label": "Offa of Mercia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hertfordshire", "label": "Hertfordshire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "benedictines", "label": "Benedictines", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "church-of-england", "label": "Church of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-east-anglia", "label": "Kingdom of East Anglia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "diplomacy", "label": "Diplomacy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "st-albans", "label": "St Albans", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-model-army", "label": "New Model Army", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dissolution-of-the-monasteries", "label": "Dissolution of the monasteries", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 793, "year_label": "793 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Offa of Mercia founds an abbey at St Albans.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906953#Religion", "title": "793", "revid": 1364906953, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 795, "year_label": "795 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Offa of Mercia receives diplomatic gifts from Charlemagne. He re-founds St. Albans Abbey, supposedly in thanks for overrunning East Anglia (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848647#Britain", "title": "795", "revid": 1340848647, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 948, "year_label": "948 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "St Albans School in Hertfordshire is founded by Wulsin, an abbot of St Alban's Abbey, England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512591#Religion", "title": "948", "revid": 1341512591, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1077, "year_label": "1077 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Paul of Caen is installed as abbot of St. Albans in England. He commences the building of St. Albans Abbey Church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303472978#Religion", "title": "1077", "revid": 1303472978, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1236, "year_label": "1236 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 6", "text": "May 6 – Roger of Wendover, English Benedictine monk and chronicler, dies at St Albans Abbey. His chronicle is continued by Matthew Paris.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361428601#Religion", "title": "1236", "revid": 1361428601, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 1539, "year_label": "1539 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Beaulieu Abbey, Bolton Abbey, Colchester Abbey, Newstead Abbey, St Albans Abbey, St Mary's Abbey, York and Hartland Abbey (the last) fall prey to the Dissolution of the monasteries in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366494992#Undated", "title": "1539", "revid": 1366494992, "section": "Events › Undated"}}, {"year": 1648, "year_label": "1648 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "7–18 November – the New Model Army's General Council, convening at St Albans Abbey, debates and adopts the \"Remonstrance of General Fairfax and the Council of Officers\", largely drawn up by Henry Ireton, proclaiming the sovereignty of the people and calling for a trial of the King. On 20 November, a delegation of officers present the Remonstrance to Parliament.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354833654#Events", "title": "1648 in England", "revid": 1354833654, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1877, "year_label": "1877 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "April 30", "text": "30 April – the Diocese of St Albans is founded within the Church of England from part of the Diocese of Rochester. St Albans Abbey, which is undergoing extensive restoration at this time, is elevated to become St Albans Cathedral and on 12 June Thomas Legh Claughton is enthroned first Bishop of St Albans, an office he holds until 1890.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359215066#Events", "title": "1877 in the United Kingdom", "revid": 1359215066, "section": "Events"}}]}