Adrion

Holy Martyr Adrion was a martyr of Alexandria in Egypt, in the third or fourth century.

Nothing is known of him, but he is commemorated on 17 May in the old Hieronymian Martyrology, from the fifth century, as a martyr of Alexandria. The era of his martyrdom is uncertain: either the time of Decius (249 to 251) or that of Diocletian (284 to 305). His veneration was widespread in the Byzantine Empire and a church was dedicated to him in Constantinople. Through a misreading of the Hieronymian Martyrology, Caesar Baronius entered him in the Roman Martyrology with other martyrs, Victor and Basilla; in reality, Victor is a martyr of Rome, buried in the catacomb of Saint Hermes. The Roman Martyrology revised after the Second Vatican Council separated their commemoration. Adrion is venerated as a martyr by all the Christian Churches that accept the veneration of saints; he is a saint of the undivided Church.