History of the Church of England are known to have been present at the Council of Arles (314). Others attended the Council of Serdica in 347 and that of Ariminum in 360. A number of references to the church in Roman Britain are also found in the writings of 4th century Christian fathers. Britain was the home of Pelagius, who opposed Augustine of Hippo's doctrine of original sin. The first recorded Christian martyr in Britain, St Alban, is thought to have lived in the early 4th century, and his prominence in English hagiography is reflected in the number of parish churches of which he is patron.
Francisco Blanco (martyr) Francisco Blanco (martyr) Francisco Blanco was a Spanish Roman Catholic Franciscan missionary and martyr, one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan (日本二十六聖人 Nihon Nijūroku Seijin). He is revered as a saint by the Catholic and other Christian churches, particularly in Japan. Blanco was born in Ourense, Galicia, and originally studied with the Jesuits in Monterrei. After moving to Castile and León he became a novice with the Franciscan order in Villalpando. Following a calling to cross-cultural mission, he migrated to Mexico, where he was ordained a priest. In 1593, he moved to the Philippines. And in 1596 he travelled, with