Adrian of Corinth

Saint Adrian of Corinth suffered for Christ during the persecution under the emperor Decius, in the year 251. He is commemorated on 30 April.

Adrian had been thrown into prison. During a pagan festival, all the imprisoned Christians were brought out so that they would offer sacrifice to the idols. The saint was ordered to cast incense on the altar. The martyr instead overturned the offerings lying on it, scattered the fire and pulled down the altar. The idolaters rushed at him in anger, beat him with sticks and iron rods, struck him with stones and then threw him into a heated furnace. There he gave up his soul, in the year 251.