Wulsin was a tenth century Abbot

Abbot

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 of St Albans Abbey

St Albans Cathedral

St Albans Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral church at St Albans, England. At , its nave is the longest of any cathedral in England...

, England

England

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, and, according to the 13th century chronicler Matthew Paris

Matthew Paris

Matthew Paris was a Benedictine monk, English chronicler, artist in illuminated manuscripts and cartographer, based at St Albans Abbey in Hertfordshire...

, founded St Albans School

St Albans School (Hertfordshire)

St Albans School is an independent school in the city of St Albans in Hertfordshire, in the East of England. Entry before Sixth Form is for boys only, and co-educational thereafter. Founded in 948 by Wulsin , St Albans School is not only the oldest school in Hertfordshire but also one of the oldest...

 there in 948 which is still active. In the same year he also founded three churches on the main entrances to the medieval town - St Peter's

Church of St Peter, St. Albans

St Peter's Church in St Albans, England, is a parish church in the Church of England.-Background:It is, based upon the writing of Matthew Paris, believed to have been originally founded in AD 948 by Abbot Ulsinus of St Albans...

, St Stephen's

St. Stephen's Church, St. Albans

St Stephen's Church in St Albans, England, is a parish church in the Church of England.-Background:It is, based upon the writing of Matthew Paris, believed to have been originally founded in AD948 by Abbot Ulsinus of St Albans...

 and St Michael's

Church of St. Michael, St. Albans

St Michael's Church in St Albans is a parish church in the Church of England.-Background:It is, based upon the writing of Matthew Paris, believed to have been originally founded in AD948 by Abbot Ulsinus of St Albans...

 - to welcome pilgrim

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s on their way to the shrine of St Alban

Saint Alban

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. The town of St Albans

St Albans

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grew around these establishments.