St Albans Church

St. Alban's Church is the Roman Catholic parish church of Odense, Denmark. It have to now not be confused with the medieval church of St. Alban's Priory in which King Canute IV became murdered in 1086, and which become later replaced with St. Canute's Cathedral. The medieval St. Alban's Priory became positioned at Albani Torv roughly midway between St. Canute's Cathedral and St. Alban's Church.

A modern stone plaque positioned at the web site of the previous church's altar is the only seen sign of this structure. Odense's first Catholic congregation because the Protestant reformation changed into mounted in 1867, and consisted of 12 adults and 7 youngsters. In the primary few years services had been held in rented area, however in 1869 the congregation bought a part of Odense Priory and set up St. Mary's church, an all-women school, and house for the Sisters of St. Joseph. An extra constructing was built, which housed an all-boys faculty and houses for the clergymen.