C.

_St. Alban's Day._--A friend has asked me the following question, which

some of your readers may perhaps be able to answer, viz.:--

"Till the reign of Ed. VI. St. Alban's Day was kept in England on June

22d (the supposed anniversary {400} of his martyrdom). It was then

erased from the kalendar, but restored to it in the reign of Chas. II.;

when it was transferred to June 17th. Why was this change made?"

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