Britannia and the British Empire what Marianne is to France or perhaps what Columbia is to the United States. Britannia became a very potent and more common figure in times of war, and represented British liberties and democracy. During the 1990s the term "Cool Britannia" (drawn from a humorous version by the Bonzo Dog Band of the song "Rule Britannia", with words by James Thomson [1700–1748], which is often used as an unofficial national anthem), was used to describe the contemporary United Kingdom. The phrase referred to the fashionable scenes of the era, with a new generation of pop groups and
Aristobulus of Britannia Aristobulus' personal feast day is 15 March. He is also one of the saints commemorated on 4 January (feast of the Seventy Disciples) and on 31 October (feast of the assistants of Saint Andrew). In the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar, his feast is 15 March. Aristobulus of Britannia Aristobulus of Britannia is a saint of Roman Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity. Hippolytus of Rome (170-235) names Aristobulus as one of the Seventy Disciples mentioned in and as the first bishop in Roman Britain. Pseudo-Hippolytus lists "Aristobulus, bishop of Britain" among the seventy disciples. Aristobulus may be mentioned in the New Testament