September 8, 2021

St. Adrian (d. 306) was according to legend a pagan officer at the imperial court of Nicomedia. Impressed by the courage of a group of Christians who were being tortured, he declared himself a Christian and was imprisoned with them and suffered excruciating tortures before he was put to death. His young wife, Natalia, who was present at his death, comforted him in his agony, recovered one of his severed hands, and took it to Argyropolis near Constantinople, where she fled to escape the importunities of an imperial official of Nicomedia who wanted to marry her. She died there peacefully on December 1.

St. Adrian please pray for us to have such blind faith in God like you did.

Patron of: Plague, epilepsy, arms dealers, butchers, guards, soldiers.