Saintly restatement of the banal (5)
I believe the answer is:
alban
'saintly restatement' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'of the banal' is the wordplay.
'of' indicates anagramming the letters (the answer comes from or 'of' the letters).
'banal' with letters rearranged gives 'ALBAN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for alban that I've seen before include "Saint who was first British Christian martyr" , "First Christian martyr in England" , "-- Berg, composer" , "Saint born at Verulamium" , "First British martyr, supposedly born in Verulamium" .)