Adrian, ST. (5)
Adrian, ST. (1)
was put to death at Rome; in the 3d century, with Sts. Eusebius, Marcellus, Hippolyta, and others, under the reign of the emperor Valerian.
There are two saints of this name one commemorated in the Roman martyrology on July 26, the other in the Armenian on Aug. 28-one of which may be the above.
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Adrian, ST. (2)
suffered martyrdom at Caesarea, in Palestine, in 309, by order of the governor Firmilianus. He was exposed to the lions, March 5, with St. Eubulus as his companion in martyrdom. The Greeks commemorate them together, the Latins separately-the latter March 7 (in some martyrologies March 4). See Ruinart, p. 332; Moreri, who cites Eusebius, De Martyr. Palcest
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Adrian, ST. (3)
was an officer in the imperial army (cir. 307) at Nicomedia. Shocked at the cruelties practiced upon the Christians of that city by Licinius, he remonstrated with him upon his conduct. The only effect of this was that he himself was tortured, and afterwards beheaded. His memory is commemorated in the Roman martyrologies on Aug. 26 or Sept. 8, in- the Greek )n Nov. 6.
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Adrian, ST. (4)
the husband of St. Natalia (q.v.), was also martyred at Nicomedia, under the emperors Galerius Maximianus and Licinius. His body is said to have been transported to Argyropolis. He is commemorated August 26, with St. Natalia and twenty- three other fellow-martyrs. By some he is thought to be the same with the preceding. See Baillet, vol. iii, Sept. 8; Moreri, who cites The Acts of St. Adrian.
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Adrian, ST. (5)
a disciple of St. Landoaldas, missionary of the Low Countries (cir. 667), was assassinated on his journey to fetch alms which king Childeric II had destined for St. Landoaldtus at Wintershowen.