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Adrian of Batanea
Christian martyr
Sainthttp://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/19bc4713f19ccf2c5543c32af735e57bPre-congregation
Feast: 5 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
250
Died
309
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Saint Adrian (died 308) travelled from Batanea to Caesarea Palaestina, where he was martyred together with Saint Eubulus. He is commemorated on 5 March; Eubulus on 7 March.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Butler's Lives of the Saints, 5 March — "SS. ADRIAN and EUBULUS, Martyrs (a.d. 309) ... Adrian and Eubulus came from Batanea to Caesarea to visit the holy confessors." Roman Martyrology also keeps St Eubulus, 'compagno di sant'Adriano', on 7 March.
- Wikidata Q2825287 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Adrian of Batanea (CC BY-SA)
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