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	Adrian of Nicomedia
		Adrian of Nicomedia, a Christian saint, was a praetorian guard[?] of the emperor Galerius Maximian[?], who, becoming a convert to Christianity, was martyred at Nicomedia on the March 4, 303 or 304.
		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 of Nicomedia[?]'s, arms.
		Adrian shares a feast day[?] with his wife September 8; he also has feast days alone on March 4 and August 26.
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	Adrian of Nicomedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saint Adrian of Nicomedia, also called Saint Hadrian of Nicomedia, (in Latin: Sanctus Adrianus Nicomediae) was a Herculian Guard of the Roman Emperor Galerius Maximian.
		After becoming a convert to Christianity, Adrian was martyred at Nicomedia on March 4, 303 or 304.
		Saint Adrian shares a feast day with his wife on September 8; he also has feast days alone on March 4 and August 26.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adrian_of_Nicomedia (318 words)

	Adrian of Nicomedia, Roman Court Officer, Martyr [ 4 March 304] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Adrian of Nicomedia, Roman Court Officer, Martyr [ 4 March 304]
		Adrian was an officer at the court at Nicomedia.
		Almighty God, who strengthens and comforts thy chosen people to be witnesses to the world, inspire us, as thou did Adrian of Nicomedia, to follow thee, fearing no earthly power, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the Holy Ghost, lives and reigns now and evermore.
	www.orderofcenturions.org /adrian.html (109 words)

	Adrian of Nicomedia: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		After he was killed, Adrian and several other martyrs (One who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion) were taken to be burned.
		Saint Adrian shares a feast day (A day designated for feasting) with his wife on September 8; he also has feast days alone on March 4 and August 26.
		He is protector against the plague, and patron of old soldiers (An enlisted man or woman who serves in an army), arms dealers, butchers (A person who slaughters or dresses meat for market) and communications phenomena.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/ad/adrian_of_nicomedia.htm (283 words)

	Encyclopedia: Adrian of Nicomedia
		Adrian of Nicomedia, a Christian saint, was a praetorian guard of the
		Adrian was a pagan and a dignitary of Emperor Maximian Galerius (305311 AD), a persecutor of Christians.
		Adrian, the head of the court, was there, who asked them what reward they expected from their God for their tortures.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Adrian_of_Nicomedia (1173 words)

	September 8th - St. Adrian and Natalia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		After Adrian had been sentenced to death, visitors were forbidden, but Natalia disguised herself as a boy and bribed her way into the prison to ask Adrian's prayers for her in heaven.
		Adrian's relics were later translated to Rome, then to Decline, Flanders, where they were placed by Count Baldwin VI (husband of Saint Adela of Messines) in the abbey now named Saint Adrian (if I understood this circuitous tale correctly).
		Adrian is the patron of soldiers, butchers (Roeder), arms dealers (who use anvils in their work), and prison guards, and is invoked against the plague (White).
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	Adrian of Nicomedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Adrian of Nicomedia, a Christian saint, was a praetorian guard of the emperor Galerius Maximian, who, becoming a convertto Christianity, was martyred at Nicomedia on the March 4, 303 or 304.
		He was imprisoned, and the next day his limbs were struck off on an anvil, and he was then beheaded, dying inhis wife's, Saint Natalia of Nicomedia 's, arms.
		Saint Adrian shares a feast day with his wife September 8 ; he also has feast days alone on March 4 and August 26.
	www.therfcc.org /adrian-of-nicomedia-73454.html (251 words)

	This is Life!: Revolutions Around the Cruciform Axis: Holy Martyrs Adrian and Natalie
		Adrian and Natalia were husband and wife, both of noble and wealthy families from Nicomedia.
		Adrian was the head of the Praetorium and a pagan and Natalia was secretly a Christian.
		Adrian observed these people, tortured but patient, serene and meek and he made them swear to tell him what they expect from their God for so many tortures endured.
	www.chattablogs.com /aionioszoe/archives/016085.html (461 words)

	Orthodox Icon of Saint Natalie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Adrian was the governor of the Praetorium and a pagan, and Natalia was a secret Christian.
		Adrian looked at these people, tortured but unbowed, peaceful and meek, and he put them under oath to say what they hoped for from their God, that they should undergo such tortures.
		After several days, Adrian appeared to her, bathed in light and beauty and calling her to come to God, and she peacefully gave her soul into her Lord's hands.
	www.comeandseeicons.com /inp161.htm (331 words)

	St. Adrian, Plinio Correa de Oliveira commentary on the Saint of the Day, September 8 @ TraditionInAction.org
		Adrian lived in Nicomedia around the year 300 and was martyred at age 28.
		Adrian was beaten and tortured, returned to the prison, and finally his legs and arms were smote off with an anvil.
		Fifth, from this description and the conversion of St. Adrian, a high dignitary of the Empire, you can realize the perplexity and despair of the Roman Emperors, who realized that Catholicism was invading and undermining their whole world.
	www.traditioninaction.org /SOD/j038sdAdrian9-8.htm (1130 words)

	Adrian of Nicomedia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Adrian of Nicomedia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Adrian of Nicomedia contains research on
		Adrian of Nicomedia, 3rd century births, 303 births, 304 deaths, Christian martyrs, Ancient Romans, Ancient Roman Christianity and Saints.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Adrian_of_Nicomedia (343 words)

	Saints of August 26 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Although he was a pagan officer of the imperial court at Nicomedia, he befriended Christian prisoners.
		Saint Adrian is the patron of soldiers and butchers (Benedictines).
		A later manuscript calls him a centurion of the Theban legion who escaped from prison but was recaptured.
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0826.htm (2613 words)

	Adrian of Nicomedia, Roman Court Officer, Martyr [ 4 March 304] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Adrian of Nicomedia, Roman Court Officer, Martyr [ 4 March 304]
		Adrian was an officer at the court at Nicomedia.
		Almighty God, who strengthens and comforts thy chosen people to be witnesses to the world, inspire us, as thou did Adrian of Nicomedia, to follow thee, fearing no earthly power, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the Holy Ghost, lives and reigns now and evermore.
	orderofcenturions.org /adrian.html (109 words)

	List of people by name: Ad
		Adrian of Nicomedia, (died Nicomedia 303 or 304), Christian saint
		Adrian VI, (1459-1523), pope from 1522 to 1523
		Adrian VI, Pope, (1522-1523), pope from 1522 to 1523
	www.fastload.org /li/List_of_people_by_name:_Ad.html (271 words)

	Adrian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Adrian of Nicomedia, a saint martyred in the early 300s
		Adrian Griffin (born 1974), basketball player currently with the Dallas Mavericks
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Adrian (104 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Hadrian
		We are told by legendary and unverified records, which have been preserved in Greek and Latin, that Hadrian was an officer in the bodyguard of Emperor Galerius.
		In this capacity he was present one day, with the emperor, at the trial and torture of twenty-two Christians in Nicomedia.
		Natalia is supposed to have brought to Constantinople the mortal remains of her martyred husband.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07105a.htm (331 words)

	The Martyrs Adrian and his Wife, Natalia
		Hearing this, and again looking at these people, Adrian suddenly turned to the scribe and said, "Write my name along with those of these saints.
		I also am a Christian." When the Emperor heard this, he asked him, "Have you lost your mind?" Adrian replied, "I haven't lost it, but found it!" Hearing this, Natalia rejoiced greatly, and, when Adrian sat chained with the others in prison, came and ministered to them all.
		The memory of the martyrs has dawned,/ and all the ends of the world are radiant./ They cry out with gladness; O Christ, Thou art the joy of the martyrs.
	www.fatheralexander.org /booklets/english/saints/adrian_natalia.htm (435 words)

	OCA - The Lives of the Saints
		The Martyrs Adrian and Natalia were married in their youth for one year prior to their martyrdom, and lived in Nicomedia during the time of the emperor...
		Saint Adrian of Andrusov (in the world the nobleman Andrew Zavalushin), was the owner of a rich estate (Andreevschina), 9 versts from the monastery...
		Saint Adrian of Uglich was one of the first ten disciples of St Paisius of Uglich (June 6), for whom he was the closest cell-attendant, disciple and...
	www.oca.org /FSlives.asp?SID=4&M=8&D=26 (279 words)

	SAINT ADRIAN - Online Information article about SAINT ADRIAN
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		Adrian's festival, with that of his wife, is kept on the 8th of See also:
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	Saint Adrian - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This is a disambiguation page — a list of articles associated with the same title.
		This page was last modified 00:36, 11 November 2005.
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Saint Adrian contains research on
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		304, Adrian, one of the imperial officers of Emperor Maximian, was observing Christians being beaten by the pagans.
		Jesus so impressed that Adrian that he shouted “Let me be counted as one of these, for I too am a Christian!” even though he had not been baptized.
		When his wife Natalia, in disguise, accompanied him to the executioner’s block, she watched her husband being tortured and executed, and had to be restrained from throwing herself on the funeral pyre.
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	Catholic Online
		According to legend Adrian was a pagan officer at the imperial court of Nicomedia.
		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.
		Adrian is the patron of soldiers and butchers.
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		Under Adrian it is given as the name of a Roman emperor and several popes.
		The English pope Adrian IV died 1159 and a saint Adrian is found in England in 1539.
		[Name] Unable to find Adriana in Italy, however Adrian is the name of several Popes, Pope Adrian I (772-795) thru Pope Adrian VI (1523-1534) taken from The Medieval Papacy by L. Elliot Binns.
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	The Twenty-Sixth Day of the Month of August (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		St. Adrian of Uglich, disciple of St. Paisius of Uglich
		Repose of Hieroschemamonk Aristocleus of Mt. Athos and Moscow (1918)
		Queen of the heavenly hosts, defender of our souls,/ we joyfully celebrate the festival of thy meeting, O holy Mother of God;/ for by the coming of thy precious icon thou hast delivered us from harm,/ and as is meet we cry to thee: Rejoice, unwedded Bride.
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		Martyrs Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia and 33 companions (4th cen.).
		Adrian of Uglich, disciple of St. Paisius of Uglich.
		Bassian of Alatyr Monastery (17th century), finding of the relics.
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