ADRIAN, SAINT, one of the [praetorian guards] of the emperor
[Galerius Maximian], who, becoming a convert to Christianity, was
martyred at Nicomedia on the 4th of March [303]. It is said that
while presiding over the torture of a band of Christians he
was so amazed at their courage that he publicly confessed his
faith. He was imprisoned, and the next day his limbs were
struck off on an anvil, and he was then beheaded, dying in
his wife's, St Natalia's, arms. St Adrian's festival, with
that of his wife, is kept on the 8th of September. He is
specially a patron of soldiers and communications phenomena,
and is much revered in Flanders,
Germany and the north
of
France. He is usually represented armed, with an anvil in
his hands or at his feet.
Initial text from 1911 encyclopedia -- Please update as needed
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