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Illustration of Saint Adrian From The Book Saints of The Order of Saint Benedict Designed By Father Amandus Liebhaber
Illustration of Saint Adrian From The Book Saints of The Order of Saint Benedict Designed By Father Amandus Liebhaber

Saint Adrian of Canterbury

Also known as: Adrien; Hadrian

Saint
Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

January 9

Died

January 9, 710

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Biography

Saint Adrian of Canterbury, also known as Adrien or Hadrian, was born around 635 in Libya Cyrenaica, North Africa. In the mid-640s, his family was forced to flee to Naples, Italy, ahead of the Arab invasion. Adrian joined the Benedictine order as a young boy and eventually became an abbot at the Monastery of Hiridanum on the Isle of Nisida in the Bay of Naples....

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