Pilgrim Badges
Pilgrim badges were sold in the medieval period as souvenirs of pilgrimage. All of the badges below are accurate copies of surviving pewter artefacts. For information on the history of pilgrim badges please refer to the ‘History’ section of the website. Devotional badges are also included in this section.
P43 - St Alban
This badge depicts the death of St Alban, Britain’s first martyr.
Alban, a Romano- British legionary at Verulanium, was converted to Christianity, but, after being arrested and refusing to give up his faith, was executed in about AD 254 on the hill on which St Albans Abbey now stands. The badge shows the martyrdom scene where, St Albans head having been struck off, the executioner’s eyes fall out so that he should never witness the virtues arising from the martyrdom.
Original found in London.
Late 14th - 15th century.
50 x 33mm
Alban, a Romano- British legionary at Verulanium, was converted to Christianity, but, after being arrested and refusing to give up his faith, was executed in about AD 254 on the hill on which St Albans Abbey now stands. The badge shows the martyrdom scene where, St Albans head having been struck off, the executioner’s eyes fall out so that he should never witness the virtues arising from the martyrdom.
Original found in London.
Late 14th - 15th century.
50 x 33mm
Price:
£6.00
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