Mar 05

Saint Adrian, martyr

March 5th IV century

Name
Adriano (Masculino)
Other saints
Other saints named Adriano
Dead
in Cesarea de Palestina, in current Israel
Celebration
March 5th
In Cesarea of Palestine, Saint Adrian, martyr, in the persecution under the Emperor Diocleciano, on the day they used to celebrate the festivities of the fortune of the Caesarians, by mandate of the Attorney General and for his faith in Christ he was thrown to a lion and then beheaded by sword. Roman martyrology