Saint Adrian of Nicomedia
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- Also known as
- Hadrian of Nicomedia
- Memorial
- 8 September (Roman calendar);
26 August (Greek calendar)
- Profile
- Pagan officer and body guard at the imperial court of Nicomedia.
He was so impressed by the strength and faith shown by persecuted Christians that he declared himself a Christian, though he had not even been baptized.
He was immediately arrested and tortured.
He and fellow prisoners were tended by his wife, Saint Natalia until they were executed.
- Died
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hacked to pieces on 4 March 304;
body burned, but when a storm extinguished the fire his wife salvaged his hand as a relic, and took it to Argyropolis near Constantinople;
other relics at Grammont (Geertsbergen), Belgium
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Name Meaning
- of Hadrian, Italy
- Patronage
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against plague;
arms dealers;
butchers;
plague;
plague epidemics;
prison guards;
soldiers
- Print References
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Dictionary of Saints, by John Delaney
Nuttall Encyclopaedia
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