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Holy Martyrs

Adrian and Companions

Adrian and his companions, martyrs killed around the year 875; few details survive.

Feast
March 4old style March 17
Reposed
8759th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Adrian and Companions: Adrian was a bishop on the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth in Scotland. He was martyred by the Danes, together with other monks, around the year 875. They are remembered on 4 March in the Western calendar (new style).

No other details have been preserved. They are honoured as saints of the undivided Church, with no synodal canonization shown in the source.

Commemorated the same day March 4