The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world

Name

Adrianos, martyr of Nicomedia, and Natalia, his pious wife

Saint ID

S01342

Number in BH

BHG 27-27a

Gender

Male
Female

Type of Saint

Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints, Aristocrats, Officials and professionals

Related Evidence Records

ID	Title
E01443	The short Life of *Honorius (bishop of Rome, ob. 638, S01459) in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome soon after his death, lists his construction of, and offerings to, the churches of many saints in Rome and its region.
E02790	Gregory the Great in two papal letters (Register 1.18 and 13.3), of 591 and 602, mentions a monastery of saint *Adrianus (presumably Adrianos, martyr of Nicomedia, S01342) in Palermo (Sicily). Written in Latin in Rome.
E02828	Latin hymn in honour of *Adrianos and Natalia, (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342), recounting the story of Adrianos' martyrdom, and the encouragement given him by Natalia. Composed in Hispania, probably in the 7th c.
E03032	The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 21 February *Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342).
E03188	The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 7 June, in the church of the Anastasis, *Adrianos and Natalia, (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342).
E03640	The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 10 February 'Theognios' , the invention of the relics of Zechariah (either the Old Testament Prophet, S00283, or the father of John the Baptist, S00597), 'Potime' (unidentified), Thyrsos (martyr of Bithynia, S00612), 'Alexandros' (unidentified), and *Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342).
E03651	The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 21 February Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342), Polycarp/Polykarpos (bishop and martyr of Smyrna, S00004), and *Eustathios (bishop of Antioch, ob. 337, S01316).
E03667	The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 3 MarchEutropios and Kleonikos, and Basiliskos (martyrs of Pontus, S01152 and S00388), Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342), Agapios (probably the martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00188), Gerasimos (anchorite, founder of a monastery in the Judean desert, S01507), and Porphyrios (bishop of Gaza, ob. 420, S01368).
E03721	The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 26 April Hesychios (martyr of Antioch, S01034), Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342), George (soldier and martyr, S00259), Agapios (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S01804), Thyrsos (martyr of Bithynia, S00612) and Alexandros and his companions (possibly martyrs in Egypt under Julian, S01190), Mark (the Evangelist, S00293), and Basileus (bishop and martyr of Amasea S01634).
E03763	The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 7 June Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342), Passarion (archimandrite in Palestine, ob. 428, S01502) and *Polybios (bishop of Salamis, disciple of Epiphanios of Cyprus, 5th c., S01498).
E03905	The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 24 October Merkourios (soldier and martyr of Caesarea of Cappadocia,S01323), Micah (Old Testament Prophet, S01236), Varos (probably the martyr of Egypt buried in Palestine, S01212), Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342), Arethas and the Martyrs of Najran (ob. 522/523, S01492), Markianos (martyr of Constantinople, ob. c. 351, S01719), and *Sophia and her daughters (martyrs of Rome, S00554).
E04248	The Miracles of Artemios (32) recount how Artemios (martyr of Antioch under Julian, S01128), at his shrine in Constantinople, healed Menas, an Alexandrian, from injured intestines and genitals. Written in Greek in Constantinople, 582/668; assembled as a collection, 658/668.
E04945	The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 8 September.
E05651	Latin Orationale of the Old Hispanic Liturgy of the 7th c. (Orationale Visigothicum), with prayers used on the feasts of saints in June and July: Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342), John the Baptist (S00020), Peter the Apostle (S00036), Paul the Apostle (S00008), Iusta and Rufina (martyrs of Seville, S02099), and Cucuphas (martyr of Barcelona, S00502).
E06600	The Greek Martyrdom of *Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342) recounts the trial and execution in Nicomedia (north-west Asia Minor) of Adrianos, a convert to Christianity, the support given him by his Christian wife Natalia, the translation of his and his companions' relics to the shrine of Argyropolis near Byzantion, and Natalia's final journey to the shrine and her death there. Probably written in Constantinople at some point in the 5th-7th c.
E07001	The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the martyrs' burials around Rome, is followed by an Appendix listing 21 churches dedicated to saints within the Aurelianic walls of Rome. Written in Latin in Rome, certainly after 625 and before 790, possibly in 642/683.