Editing Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (section)

==Martyrdom==
[[Image:Adrien.jpg|thumb|150px|left|French statue of Saint Adrian]]
Adrian and Natalia lived in Nicomedia during the time of Emperor Maximian in the early fourth century.<ref name=aoca>[http://www.antiochian.org/node/19333 "St. Natalia, Martyr", Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese]</ref> The twenty-eight-year-old Adrian was head of the [[praetorium]].

It is said that while presiding over the torture of a band of Christians, he asked them what reward they expected to receive from God. They replied, "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither has entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."<ref>{{Bibleverse|1|Corinthians|2:9|63}}</ref> He was so amazed at their courage that he publicly confessed his faith, though he had not yet been [[baptism|baptized]]. He was then immediately imprisoned. He was forbidden visitors, but accounts state that his wife Natalia came to visit him, dressed as a boy, to ask for his prayers when he entered [[Heaven]].<ref name=catholic>{{cite web | title=St. Adrian | work=Catholic Online Saints & Angels | url=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=253 | access-date=2008-03-04| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080303124352/http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=253| archive-date= 3 March 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

After his execution, the executioners wanted to burn the bodies of the dead, but a storm arose and quenched the fire.<ref>[http://oca.org/saints/all-lives/2013/08/26 "Martyr Adrian of Nicomedia", Orthodox Church in America]</ref> Natalia recovered one of Adrian's hands.