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  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 4th of March WELCOME! SAINT ADRIAN AND COMPANIONS, MARTYRS Saint Adrian  was of royal Hungarian lineage; after becoming a bishop, he won many heathens in that land for the Gospel. Later, he travelled to Scotland with 6,600 Christians, where he once again converted a great number of heathens and was elected Bishop of St Andrews. When the Danes ravaged Scotland, he was forced to flee to the Scottish island of May, along with Bishop Stolbrandus , Saints  Glodianus and Cajus, and many others. On this island, around the year 870, they were all killed by the Danes. God glorified them after their deaths through many miracles. Some hagiographers reckon that these martyrs were not Hungarians, but rather of Scottish origin. (Information from Stadler 's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume  1, Augsburg, 1858) Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations PRAYER: Grant, we beseech you, almighty...

ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN MARCH Saints celebrated on the 4th of March WELCOME! SAINT ADRIAN OF MAY, BISHOP AND MARTYR   ( Saint Adrian , Bishop of St Andrews in Scotland, Martyr. [Some calendars celebrate St Adrian on December 3.] DANISH ATTACKS ON THE COAST OF SCOTLAND When the Danes, in the ninth century, made frequent descents upon the coast of Scotland, plundered several provinces, and massacred great part of the inhabitants, this holy pastor [Saint Adrian, also sometimes called Magridin], often softened their fury, and converted several among them to Christ.  THE ABERDEEN BREVIARY RECORD In a most cruel invasion of these pirates, he withdrew into the isle of May, in the bay of the river Forth; but the barbarians plundering also that island, discovered him there, and slew him with another bishop named Stalbrand [Stolbrand] , and a great number of others: the Aberdeen Breviary says six thousand six hundred.  THE MONASTERY This massacre happened in the reign of Constanti...