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Sep 5, 2023 · Saint Adrian of Canterbury, also known as Adrian of Canterbury, was a highly revered scholar, teacher, and abbot who played a significant role in the spread of Christianity in England during the 7th century. He is the patron saint of soldiers, arms dealers, and butchers.
Adrian, also spelled Hadrian (born before 637, died 710), was a North African scholar in Anglo-Saxon England and the abbot of Saint Peter's and Saint Paul's in Canterbury. He was a noted teacher and commentator of the Bible. [1] Adrian was born between 630 and 637. [1]
Jan 9, 2024 · An African by birth, Saint Adrian was assigned by the pope as Archbishop of Canterbury. Feeling unworthy, he declined the position, but the pope sent him to Canterbury anyway where he became an abbot and teacher.
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St. Adrian of Canterbury. Divine Providence conducted this holy man to Britain, in order to make him an instructor of innumerable saints. Adrian was an African by birth, and was abbot of Nerida. not far from Naples, when pope Vitalian, upon the death of St. Deusdedit the archbishop of Canterbury, judged him, for his skill in sacred learning ...
Apr 28, 2010 · Only one Englishman has ever been pope. That was Nicholas Breakspear, known to history as Adrian IV. He ascended the papal throne on this day, December 4, 1154. His reign was challenged by such serious difficulties that he wished aloud to his friend John of Salisbury that he had never left England.
Jan 9, 2011 · St. Adrian of Canterbury Feast day: Jan 09. The famous Abbot of St. Augustine's in Canterbury, was likely born in Libya Cyrenaica, North Africa. Adrian decided to become a monk early in life and...
Adrian definition and meaning from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. Adrian Emperor. SEE HADRIAN. ...
