Saint who confused Nabal with Laban? (5)

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alban

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'saint' is the definition.
(St Alban)

'confused nabal with laban?' is the wordplay.
'nabal' can be anagrammed to 'ALBAN'.
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(Other definitions for alban that I've seen before include "Saint who was first British Christian martyr" , "First Christian martyr in England" , "First English Christian martyr" , "Saintly type" , "Ancient Scottish kingdom" .)

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