St. Adrian
Commemorated September 8
- Feast day
- September 8
- Origin
- Nicouiedia
About the saint
At Nicouiedia, St. Adrian, with twenty -three other martyrs, who ended their martyrdom the 4th of March by having their limbs crushed, after enduring many torments under the emperors Diocletian and Maximian. Their remains were carried to Byzantium by the Christians, and buried with due honors. Afterwards the body of St. Adrian was taken to Rome on this day, on which his festival is celebrated.