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==Feast day and patronage==
[[Image:Adrian and Natalia.jpg|thumb|[[Russian Orthodox Church|Russian Orthodox]] [[icon]] of the [[martyr]]s Adrian and Natalia.]]
In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], Saint Adrian shares a [[Calendar of saints|feast day]] with his wife on 26 August in the Church Calendar, which for the majority of Orthodox Christians remains on the Julian Calendar, is on 8 September in the Gregorian and global civil calendars; he also has feast days alone on 4 March. In the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]], he is venerated alone, without his wife, on September 8.<ref>'' Martyrologium Romanum'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001 {{ISBN|88-209-7210-7}})</ref> The Coptic Orthodox Church likewise venerates St. Adrian and his companions on the third day of the Coptic month known as Nesi (corresponding to September 8), mentioning his wife's role during the Synaxarion reading of that day.

Saint Hadrian was the chief [[military saint]] of Northern Europe for many ages, second only to [[Saint George]], and is much revered in [[Flanders]], [[Germany]] and the north of [[France]]. He is usually represented armed, with an anvil in his hands or at his feet.{{cn|date=March 2022}}

[[Sant'Adriano al Foro]], a church in the [[Roman Forum]] (founded AD 630), was named in his honour. The name was later transferred to [[Santa Maria della Mercede e Sant'Adriano a Villa Albani]] (1958) when the old church was demolished.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parrocchiadellamercede.it/la-parrocchia/storia/|title=Storia - Parrocchia Santa Maria della Mercede}}</ref>

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