Saint Adrien de
Cantorbéry
Abbé Bénédictin
Fête le 9 janvier
en Afrique – †
Canterbury, Kent, 9 janvier 710
Originaire d’Afrique et
très instruit, Adrien était abbé du monastère de Nérida, près de Naples, quand
il refusa le siège archiépiscopal de Cantorbéry que lui offrait le pape saint
Vitalien. Saint Théodore de Tarse ayant accepté ce siège, Adrien l’accompagna
pour l’assister, mais il fut retenu deux ans en France en raison de soupçon
d’espionnage. Arrivé en Angleterre en 611, il devint abbé du monastère
Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Cantorbéry, où il enseigna le grec et le latin,
puis abbé de Saint-Augustin, où il supervisa une florissante école. Son
enseignement et son exemple exercèrent une grande influence. Pendant ses
trente-neuf ans comme supérieur de l’abbaye, le monastère devint célèbre comme
centre d’étude. Il mourut le 9 janvier 710 à Canterbury, et son tombeau devint
bientôt célèbre pour les miracles qui s’y accomplissaient. Son culte se ranima
en 1091, lorsque son corps fut découvert.
SOURCE : http://www.martyretsaint.com/adrien-de-cantorbery/
Saint Adrien de
Cantorbéry
Abbé (+ 710)
Grâce à l'un de ses amis,
l'évêque de Cantorbéry, Théodore, il fut nommé abbé du monastère
Saint-Pierre-et-Saint Paul qu'il gouverna durant trente ans. Il en fit un foyer
de ferveur spirituelle et intellectuelle. Il y enseignait lui-même le grec, le
latin et les arts humanistes. La plupart de ses moines parlaient au moins trois
langues. Il fut ainsi un collaborateur efficace de l'évêque Théodore dans une
étape décisive de l'histoire de l'Eglise d'Angleterre.
À Cantorbéry, en 710,
saint Adrien, abbé. Né en Afrique, moine et abbé près de Naples, il vint en
Angleterre, et, cultivé dans les lettres sacrées et profanes, enseigna à de
nombreux disciples la doctrine du salut.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/394/Saint-Adrien-de-Cantorbery.html
Also
known as
Adrien
Hadrian
Profile
In the mid-640‘s,
his family fled to Naples, Italy ahead
of Arab invasion. Benedictine monk when
quite young. Abbot of
Hiridanum, Isle of Nisida, Bay of Naples.
Aquainted with Emperor Constans II, who later introduced him to Pope Saint Vitalian.
Advisor to Vitalian.
Twice offered the Archbishopric of Canterbury, England;
he declined, citing unworthiness. When Saint Theodore
of Tarsus was sent instead, Adrian went as his assistant with special
support to aid the monastic movement
in the region. Detained in France due
to suspicions of espionage for the emperor. Arrived in England in 669. Abbot of Saint Peter‘s,
a monastery founded
by Augustine
of Canterbury.
Adrian and Theodore were
highly successful missionaries in
largely pagan England.
In addition, Adrian was a great teacher of
languages, mathematics, poetry, astronomy,
and Bible
study. Under his leadership, the School of Canterbury became
the center of English learning.
Worked to unify the customs of the English with
the Church,
and to promote Roman customs.
Born
c.635 in
Libya Cyrenaica, North Africa as Hadrian
9
January 710 of
natural causes at Canterbury, England,
and buried there
his tomb became a site
of miracles
body found incorrupt
in 1091
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MLA
Citation
“Saint Adrian of Canterbury“. CatholicSaints.Info.
12 November 2020. Web. 9 January 2021.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-adrian-of-canterbury/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-adrian-of-canterbury/
St. Adrian of Canterbury
An African by
birth, died 710. He became Abbot of
Nerida, a Benedictine monastery near Naples,
when he was very young. Pope
Vitalianintended to appoint him Archbishop of Canterbury to
succeed St.
Deusdedit, who had died in 664, but Adrian considered himself
unworthy of so great a dignity, and begged the Pope to
appoint Theodore,
a Greek monk,
in his place. The Pope yielded, on condition that Adrianshould
accompany Theodore to England and
be his adviser in the administration of the Diocese
of Canterbury. They left Rome in
668, butAdrian was detained in France by
Ebroin, the Mayor of the Palace who suspected that he had a secret mission from
the Eastern Emperor,
Constans II, to the English kings. After two years Ebroin found that
his suspicion had been groundless and allowed Adrian to proceed toEngland.
Immediately upon his arrival in England, Archbishop
Theodore appointed him Abbot of St.
Peter in Canterbury,
a monastery which
had been founded by St.
Augustine, the apostle of England,
and became afterwards known as St.
Austin's. Adrian accompanied Theodoreon
his apostolic
visitations of England and
by his prudent advice
and co-operation assisted the Archbishop in
the great work of unifying the customs and practices of the Anglo-Saxon
Church with those of the Church of Rome. Adrian was
well versed in all the branches ofecclesiastical and
profane learning. Under his direction the School of Canterbury became
the centre of English learning. He established numerous other schools in
various parts of England.
In these schools of Adrian were educated many
of the saints,
scholars, andmissionaries, who during the next century rekindled the waning
light of faith and
learning in France and Germany.
After spending thirty-nine years in England Adrian died
in the year 710 and was buried at Canterbury.
His feast is celebrated 9 January, the day of his death.
Ott,
Michael. "St. Adrian of Canterbury." The Catholic
Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton
Company, 1907. 25 Dec.
2018 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01160a.htm>.
Transcription. This
article was transcribed for New Advent by Bob Knippenberg.
Ecclesiastical
approbation. Nihil Obstat. March 1, 1907. Remy Lafort, S.T.D.,
Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.
Copyright © 2021 by Kevin
Knight. Dedicated to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary.
SOURCE : http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01160a.htm
St. Adrian of Canterbury
Though St. Adrian turned
down a papal request to become Archbishop of Canterbury, England, Pope St.
Vitalian accepted the rejection on the condition that Adrian serve as the Holy
Father’s assistant and adviser. Adrian
accepted, but ended up spending most of his life and doing most of his work in
Canterbury.
Born in Africa, Adrian
was serving as an abbot in Italy when the new Archbishop of Canterbury
appointed him abbot of the monastery of Sts. Peter and Paul in Canterbury.
Thanks to his leadership skills, the facility became one of the most important
centers of learning. The school attracted many outstanding scholars from far
and wide and produced numerous future bishops and archbishops. Students reportedly learned Greek and Latin and spoke
Latin as well as their own native languages.
Adrian taught at the
school for 40 years. He died there, probably in the year 710, and was buried in
the monastery. Several hundred years later, when reconstruction was being done,
Adrian’s body was discovered in an incorrupt state. As word spread, people
flocked to his tomb, which became famous for miracles. Rumor had it that young schoolboys in trouble with
their masters made regular visits there.
SOURCE : http://www.ucatholic.com/saints/st-adrian-of-canterbury/
Butler’s Lives of the Saints – Saint
Adrian, Abbot at Canterbury
Article
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 Saint Deusdedit the
archbishop of Canterbury, judged him, for his skill in sacred learning, and
experience in the paths of true interior virtue, to be of all others the most
proper person to be the doctor of a nation, zealous in the pursuit of virtue;
but as yet ignorant in the sciences, and in the canons of the church. The
humble servant of God found means to decline that dignity, by recommending
Saint Theodorus as most capable, but refused not to share in the laborious part
of the ministry. The pope therefore, enjoined him to be the companion,
assistant, and adviser of the apostolic archbishop, which charge Adrian
willingly took upon himself. In travelling through France with Saint Theodorus
he was stopped by Ebroin, the jealous mayor of the palace, who feared lest the
emperor of the East had given these two persons, who were his born subjects,
some commission in favour of his pretentions to the western kingdoms. Adrian
stayed a long time in France, at Meaux, and in other places, before he was
allowed to pursue his journey. Saint Theodorus established him abbot of the
monastery of Saints Peter and Paul, afterward called Saint Austin, near
Canterbury, where he taught the learned languages and the sciences, and
principally the precepts and maxims of our divine religion. He had illustrated
this island by his heavenly doctrine, and the bright example of his virtues,
for the space of thirty-nine years, when he departed to our Lord on the 9th of
January, in the year 710. His tomb was famed for miracles, as we are assured by
Jocelin the Monk, quoted by William of Malmesbury and Capgrave; and his name is
inserted in the English calendars.
MLA
Citation
Father Alban Butler.
“Saint Adrian, Abbot at Canterbury”. Lives of the
Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints, 1866. CatholicSaints.Info.
8 January 2013. Web. 9 January 2021.
<https://catholicsaints.info/butlers-lives-of-the-saints-saint-adrian-abbot-at-canterbury/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/butlers-lives-of-the-saints-saint-adrian-abbot-at-canterbury/
Saints of the Order of Saint
Benedict – Saint Adrian, Abbot
Saint Adrian came from Africa; it is uncertain whether
he had emigrated into Italy before he entered the religious life. It
is certain that he was afterwards Abbot of Nerida, near Naples, and at the
death of Deusdedit, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Pope Vitalian wished to have
promoted him to the vacant dignity, but Saint Adrian begged to be excused from
accepting such an honour, and he afterwards induced the Holy Father to elect
Theodore, who was a professed Monk in the same monastery, to the Archbishopric
in his place. Though Vitalian consented to do this, he had so high an opinion
of the learning and the holiness of Saint Adrian that he wished the Saint to
accompany the new Archbishop, and to assist him in his labour, and Bede
testifies that never was the Church in England more fortunate than under the
government of Theodore, assisted by Saint Adrian.
As they found the Saxons
very rude and ignorant, they opened schools in which to instruct the people in
Greek, Latin, astronomy and arithmetic, as well as in the Holy Scriptures.
Alcuin, who founded the Academy of Paris, under Charlemagne, was one of the
pupils of Saint Adrian. But Theodore, fearing lest Adrian’s love of quietude,
silence and solitude, should induce him to return to his monastery at Nerida, in
Campania, made him Abbot of the Monastery of Canterbury, where, after having
shared in the labours of Archbishop Theodore, and having laboured for the good
of the English people, for a period of thirty-nine years, he died, in the
seventh century after the Birth of Christ. Saint Adrian was interred by the
Monks of Canterbury, and many miracles occurred at his tomb. It was a favourite
asylum for boys who were in terror of the rod, and once when one of these
culprits fled to the tomb of the Saint, and implored his protection, the master
who had pursued him, rod in hand, suddenly saw over the tomb a dove surrounded
by a bright light, which, by its gestures, seemed to implore pardon for the
lad; the master, affrighted at the vision, dropped his rod, and, falling on his
knees, begged the Saint to pray that he himself might be forgiven his sins. The
dove immediately flew over the monument and disappeared.
This Saint was especially
distinguished for his devotion to the Holy Mother of God.
– text and illustration
taken from Saints
of the Order of Saint Benedict by Father Aegedius
Ranbeck, O.S.B.
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-order-of-saint-benedict-saint-adrian-abbot/
Saints
of the Day – Adrian of Canterbury, Abbot
Article
Born in Africa; died at
Canterbury, England, January 9, 710. Saint Adrian became abbot at Nerida near
Naples, Italy. Upon the death of Saint Deusdedit, the archbishop of Canterbury
(England), Pope Saint Vitalian chose Adrian to replace the bishop because of
his great learning and piety. Adrian seemed to be the perfect leader for a
nation new in its Christianity. Yet Adrian demurred saying that he was not
fitted for such a great dignity. He said that he would find someone else more
suited for the task.
The first substitute was
too ill to become archbishop. Again the pope urged the post on Adrian. Again
Adrian begged permission to find someone else. At that time a Greek monk from
Tarsus named Theodore was in Rome. Adrian nominated Theodore to the pope. Theodore
was willing to become archbishop of Canterbury, but only if Adrian agreed to
come to England and help him. Adrian readily consented to this compromise. It
was agreed that Adrian would accompany Theodore to England as his assistant and
adviser. On March 26, 668, Theodore was consecrated archbishop of Canterbury
and two months later the two set sail for England.
They were a perfect team.
Theodore appointed Adrian abbot of SS Peter and Paul abbey, afterward called
Saint Augustine’s, at Canterbury, where he taught Greek and Latin for 39 years.
Here Adrian’s learning and virtues were best employed. In addition to these
languages, Adrian taught poetry, astronomy and math, as well as Scripture and
virtue.
Into the minds of his
students, Adrian “poured the waters of wholesome knowledge day by day,”
according to the Venerable Bede. The school became famous for its teaching and
trained such stellars as Saints Aldhelm and Oftfor. Bede records that Saint
Adrian was ‘very learned in the Holy Scriptures, very experienced in
administering the church and the monastery, and a great Greek and Latin
scholar.’ He also is said to have commented that some of Adrian’s students
spoke Latin and Greek equally as well as their native languages.
The abbot also helped the
archbishop in his pastoral undertakings. There can be no doubt that the
flourishing of the English Church in Theodore’s time owed much to Adrian.
Adrian was known for
miracles that helped students in trouble with their masters, and miracles were
associated with his tomb in Saint Augustine’s Church (Attwater, Benedictines,
Bentley, Delaney, Encyclopedia, Gill, Walsh, White).
MLA
Citation
Katherine I
Rabenstein. Saints of the Day, 1998. CatholicSaints.Info.
14 May 2020. Web. 7 May 2022.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-adrian-of-canterbury-abbot/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-adrian-of-canterbury-abbot/
Sant' Adriano di
Canterbury Abate
† Canterbury,
Inghilterra, 9 gennaio 710 circa
Africano di nascita,
Adriano era abate di Nerida, nel Napoletano, quando il papa san Vitaliano lo
chiamò ad occupare la sede arcivescovile di Canterbury, ma questi rifiutò e
consigliò di sostituirlo piuttosto con Teodoro di Tarso, che si rivelò poi
infatti uno dei più grandi arcivescovi della sede primaziale inglese. Il
Pontefice accettò, a patto che Adriano accettasse di accompagnarlo quale
consigliere ed assistente. Teodoro lo nominò allora abate dell'antico monastero
dei Santi Pietro e Paolo, poi reintitolato a Sant'Agostino. Sotto la guida di
Adriano e l'influenza di Teodosio esso divenne uno dei più importanti centri di
formazione per molti futuri vescovi ed esercitò una notevole influenza sulla
cristianità del tempo. L'abate Adriano fu insegnante per ben quarant'anni. Morì
presso Canterbury il 9 gennaio di un anno imprecisato, forse il 710, venendo
sepolto nel monastero. Quando nel 1091 i lavori di ristrutturazione resero
necessaria la rimozione di numerose tombe, il suo corpo fu rinvenuto incorrotto
e profumato. (Avv.)
Etimologia: Adriano
= nativo di Adria (Rovigo), dal latino
Martirologio
Romano: A Canterbury in Inghilterra, sant’Adriano, abate: nato in Africa,
da Napoli raggiunse l’Inghilterra e con la sua ricca preparazione tanto nelle
lettere sacre come in quelle profane istruì una moltitudine di discepoli nella
scienza della salvezza.
Africano di nascita, Sant’Adriano era abate di Nerida, nel napoletano, quando il papa San Vitaliano lo chiamò ad occupare la sede arcivescovile di Canterbury, ma questi rifiutò essendo già morti nel giro di poco tempo ben due primati inglesi, San Deusdedit e Wighard, e consigliò di sostituirlo piuttosto con San Teodoro di Tarso, che si rivelò poi infatti uno dei più grandi arcivescovi della sede primaziale inglese. Il pontefice accettò, a patto però che Adriano accettasse di accompagnarlo quale consigliere ed assistente.
Teodoro lo nominò allora abate dell’antico monastero dei Santi Pietro e Paolo, poi reintitolato a Sant’Agostino. Sotto la guida di Adriano e l’influenza di Teodosio esso divenne ben presto uno dei più importanti centri di formazione per molti futuri vescovi ed esercitò una notevole influenza sulla cristianità del tempo. Materie di insegnamento erano il latino, il greco, il diritto romano, la Sacra Scrittura ed i Padri della Chiesa.
Gli studenti provenivano da tutta l’Inghilterra ed anche dalla vicina Irlanda, siccome l’allievo Sant’Aldhelm, poi primo vescovo di Sherborne, sostenette che la formazione impartita nel monastero di Canterbury fosse qualitativamente migliore a qualsiasi altra offerta in Irlanda.
L’abate Adriano fu insegnante per ben quarant’anni. Infine morì presso Canterbury il 9 gennaio di un anno imprecisato, forse il 710, e ricevette sepoltura nel monastero. Quando nel 1091 i lavori di ristrutturazione resero necessaria la rimozione di numerose tombe, il corpo di Sant’Adriano fu rinvenuto incorrotto e profumato. Presso la sua tomba nacque la fama miracolosa che lo contraddistinse per secoli, cosicchè il suo nome venne inserito nei calendari inglesi e poi nel Martyrologium Romanum, ove ancora oggi figura nell’anniversario della morte.
Autore: Fabio Arduino
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92880
Den hellige Hadrian av
Canterbury (~630-710)
Minnedag: 9.
januar
Den hellige Hadrian (Adrian) ble født rundt 630 (635?)
i Nord-Afrika, trolig i Libya Cyrenaica, men ingenting er kjent om hans
tidligste år. Ifølge den hellige engelske munken og
historikeren Beda
den Ærverdige var han berber fra en greskspråklig familie. Da han var
rundt ti år gammel, flyttet hans familie til Napoli, som da var en tospråklig
(gresk/latin) utpost i det bysantinske imperiet. De kan ha flyktet på grunn av
de arabiske invasjonene. Hadrian ble i alle fall benediktinermunk (Ordo
Sancti Benedicti – OSB) i klosteret Nerida nær Monte Cassino og Napoli i
Sør-Italia, hvor han senere ble abbed mens han enda var svært ung. Beda kaller
klosteret Monasterium Niridanum, som kanskje er en feiltakelse for
Nisidanum, et kloster på øya Nisida i Napoli-bukta.
I 663 tilbrakte keiser
Konstans II (641-68) nesten ett år i Napoli mens hans soldater prøvde å
gjenerobre de keiserlige områdene i Sør-Italia som var erobret av langobardene.
Han ble da kjent med mange av de ledende kirkelige personlighetene i området,
inkludert Hadrian, som to ganger de neste årene tjente keiseren som ambassadør.
Det er også sannsynlig at det var keiseren som senere introduserte Hadrian for
den hellige pave Vitalian (657-72),
og han ble raskt en av pave Vitalians betrodde rådgivere.
To ganger tilbød pave
Vitalian ham det ledige erkebispesetet i Canterbury. Første gang var da den
hellige erkebiskop Deusdedit (655-64),
den første engelskmann på erkebispestolen i Canterbury, døde i 664, og deretter
da etterfølgeren, erkebiskop-elekt Wighard, døde i Roma i 667 før han hadde
rukket å bli konsekrert. Paven ønsket Hadrian i stillingen fordi han kjente
hans ry for lærdom, ortodoksi og fromhet. Begge ganger avslo Hadrian fordi han
mente at han ikke passet til en slik viktig oppgave. Den første gangen
anbefalte han munken Andreas, som tilhørte et nonnekloster i nærheten (monachum
quemdam de vicino virginum monasterio), men han avslo også med den begrunnelse
at han var for gammel. Da han ble tilbudt erkebispesetet for andre gang,
foreslo han en venn som tilfeldigvis var i Roma, den greske munken Theodor av
Tarsus som en passende kandidat. Han skulle bli den hellige Theodor av
Canterbury (668-90), en av de største erkebiskopene på det engelske
primatsetet.
Paven var enig i dette forslaget,
men foreslo at Hadrian skulle følge den nye erkebiskopen til England som hans
rådgiver og medarbeider, ettersom han to ganger hadde reist til Gallia og
dermed kjente veien og reisemåtene. Han skulle også sikre at grekeren Theodor
ikke innførte noe som var i strid med ortodoks tro i den Kirken han skulle
presidere over. Dette gikk Hadrian med på, og den 26. mars 668 ble Theodor
vigslet til erkebiskop av Canterbury.
Den 27. mai 668 dro de to
av gårde fra Roma. De dro først sjøveien til Marseille og dro gjennom Gallia
til Arles, hvor de ble værende hos erkebiskop Johannes mens de ventet på pass
fra Ebroin (Ebrinus), som styrte den delen av Gallia som hushovmester (major
domus, Maire du Palais) (658-73; 675-81) for kong Klotar III av Neustria
(658-70). Deretter dro de sammen til Nord-Frankrike, hvor de dro til hvert sitt
sted for å tilbringe vinteren. Theodor dro til biskop Agilbert (Agelberctus) av
Paris, mens Hadrian først dro til biskop Emme av Sens og deretter til biskop
Faro av Meaux. Theodor ble våren etter sendt bud på av kong Egbert (Ecgberht)
av Kent og fikk lov til å reise, og han nådde Canterbury i slutten av mai 669.
Men Hadrian ble holdt igjen i Frankrike, hvor den ambisiøse tyrannen Ebroin
trodde at han i hemmelighet bar med seg et budskap fra den bysantinske keiser
Konstans II (641-68) til engelskmennene. Til slutt klarte Hadrian imidlertid
til å overbevise Ebroin om at han ikke var noen agent for keiseren, og han fikk
fortsette til England, hvor han ankom i 670.
Beda forteller i sin
biografi om abbedene i Wearmouth at den hellige Benedikt Biscop fulgte
Theodor hele veien fra Roma til Canterbury, og at han ved deres ankomst i 669
ble utnevnt til abbed for klosteret Ss Peter og Paul-klosteret (senere St.
Augustin) i Canterbury. Da Benedict i 671 forlot Canterbury for å grunnlegge
klostrene Wearmouth og Jarrow, innsatte erkebiskop Theodor Hadrian som ny
abbed, en utnevnelse som var i tråd med instruksene Theodor hadde fått av paven.
Dette embetet skulle han inneha i 39 år.
I klosteret ble det
undervist i både latin og gresk (noe som var uvanlig på den tiden),
bibelkunnskap, teologi, poesi, romerrett, astronomi og matematikk
(kalenderberegning), og Beda den Ærverdige bekrefter at noen av elevene der
kunne latin og gresk like godt som de kunne engelsk. Beda skriver at Hadrian
«var en mann som var vel bevandret i Skriften, en erfaren administrator, dyktig
i gresk og latin», og under hans ledelse fikk klosterskolen i Canterbury en vidtrekkende
innflytelse. Mange fremtidige biskoper og abbeder ble utdannet her, og det kom
studenter fra hele England og Irland. Den hellige Aldhelm, som
senere skulle bli den første biskop av Sherborne, kom dit fra Wessex og den
hellige Oftfor kom fra Whitby.
Abbed Hadrian fulgte
erkebiskopen på hans apostoliske visitasjoner i England og hjalp ham i hans
pastorale virksomhet. Han bidro også i arbeidet med å forene skikkene i den
angelsaksiske Kirken med den romerske praksisen, og det kan ikke være noen tvil
om at den engelske kirkens blomstring i Theodors tid for en stor del var
Hadrians fortjeneste. Han arbeidet i Canterbury i rundt førti år og levde tyve
år lenger enn Theodor.
Hadrian døde i Canterbury
en 9. januar, trolig i 710 (eller 709), og ble gravlagt i sin klosterkirke.
Kronikøren Goscelin av Canterbury forteller at da arkitektoniske endringer
gjorde det nødvendig med translasjon av flere Canterbury-helgener i 1091, ble
Hadrians legeme funnet intakt og velduftende, og dette førte til en
oppblomstring av hans kult og det ble meldt om mange mirakler ved hans grav.
Han var spesielt kjent for å hjelpe guttene som studerte i klosteret og hadde
vanskeligheter med sine lærere.
Hans minnedag er
dødsdagen 9. januar (med en oktav i St. Augustin i Canterbury).
Kilder:
Attwater/John, Attwater/Cumming, Farmer, Jones, Bentley, Butler, Butler (I),
Benedictines, Delaney, Bunson, Green 2, KIR, CE, CSO, Patron Saints SQPN,
Infocatho, Bautz, Heiligenlexikon, santiebeati.it, britannia.com,
earlybritishkingdoms.com, celt-saints, en.wikipedia.org - Kompilasjon og
oversettelse: p. Per
Einar Odden
SOURCE : http://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/hadrican
Adrianus (ook Hadrianus) van Canterbury (ook van
Napels of van St-Augustine) osb, Engeland; abt; † 710.
Feest 9 januari.
Hij was een
Noord-Afrikaan van geboorte en stond als abt aan het hoofd van klooster Nerida
bij Napels, Italië. Toen de paus Vitalianus († 672; feest 27 januari) hoorde
dat aartsbisschop Deodatus van Canterbury († 664; feest 14 juli) was overleden,
viel zijn keus op Adrianus om hem te vervangen. Maar de abt was een bescheiden
mens. Hij wees de heilige vader op een veel betere kandidaat: Theodorus.
Theodorus werd rond 602 ergens in Klein-Azië geboren. Zijn opleiding kreeg hij in de stad Tarsus, Cilicië (in het zuid-oosten van het huidige Turkije). Hij bracht vervolgens enige tijd door in de Griekse hoofdstad Athene en werd vervolgens monnik in Rome. Op aanwijzing van de Afrikaan Sint Adrianus († 710; feest 9 januari) werd hij op 66-jarige leeftijd door paus Vitalianus tot bisschop van Canterbury benoemd. Daarop vertrok hij in gezelschap van Adrianus en Benedict Biscop († 690; feest 12 januari) vanuit Rome naar Zuid-Engeland. Daar vatte Theodorus zijn taak op, terwijl Adrianus abt werd van het Petrus- en Paulusklooster in Canterbury.
Hij wordt de tweede stichter van het bisdom Canterbury genoemd. Hij trok overal rond om te zien hoe het met de plaatselijke geloofsgemeenschap gesteld was. In 672 riep hij het eerste nationaal concilie bijeen. Hij staat te boek als een ijverig bisschop, die zorg had voor het stichten van scholen, de verbreiding van de christelijke geest en het persoonlijk welzijn van de mensen.
Tegenwoordig bevindt zich zijn sarcofaag in de Sant' Apollinare in Classe te
Ravenna.
Deze stemde toe op voorwaarde dat abt Adrianus hem zou vergezellen. Zo trokken beiden door Gallië op weg naar hun bestemming. Maar het was de gevreesde hofmeier Ebroïn die hun de voet dwars zette. Deze meende namelijk dat de twee prelaten in opdracht van de keizer van het Oost-Romeinse Rijk diens aanspraken op het westerse grondgebied kwamen opeisen. Daarom hield Ebroïn Adrianus vast, terwijl hij Theodorus verder liet reizen. Toen er na ruim een jaar nog niets gebeurd was, liet de hofmeier zijn gijzelaar gaan.
Na aankomst in Canterbury benoemde Theodorus hem tot abt over de Petrus- en Paulusabdij, die later genoemd zou worden naar de stichter en eerste abt St-Augustine († 604; feest 27 mei). Net als in Napels betoonde hij zich een bekwaam en ijverig abt die toezag op het welzijn van zijn monniken, de studie van de heilige Schrift aanmoedigde en de kloosterlijke geest bevorderde.
Zijn verering nam een grote vlucht, toen in 1091 zijn graf ontdekt werd. Op dat
moment schreef de monnik Josselin een levensbeschrijving. Daarin vermeldt hij o.a. dat er op zijn graf meerdere
wonderen gebeurd zouden zijn.
[000»Mildrith; Bly.1986p:13»Adrian; BuF.1854/1p:75; EnE.1951; EnF.1984»Adrien;
Ha1.1838p:50; Lin.1999; Mül.1860; Nwm.z.j.jr:0709; Rge.1942; Rge.1989;
Rgf.1991; S&S.1994»Hadrianus; Wmm.1966»Hadrian; Dries van den Akker
s.j./2003.05.05]
© A. van den Akker s.j.
SOURCE : http://heiligen-3s.nl/heiligen/01/09/01-09-0710-adrianus.php
Hadrian von Canterbury
Gedenktag katholisch: 9. Januar
Name bedeutet: Bewohner von Hadria (latein.)
Abt von St. Peter in Canterbury
* um 634 in der römischen Provinz Africa proconsularis, heute etwa Tunesien
† 710 in Canterbury in
England
Hadrian von
Canterbury
Hadrian war von gelehrter
Bildung. Er wurde schon in jungen Jahren Abt eines Klosters, das
als Hiridanum / Niridanum bei Neapel bezeichnet wurde - gemeint ist
wohl ein sonst unbekanntes Kloster auf der Insel
Nisida. Papst Vitalis wollte ihn 664 zum Erzbischof von Canterbury ernennen,
aber Hadrian fühlte sich dem Amt nicht gewachsen und schlug den Griechen Theodor für
diese Position vor, war aber bereit, diesem als Berater zur Seite zu stehen.
Auf der Anreise wurde Hadrian 669 in Frankreich gefangen gehalten unter dem
Verdacht, Spion zu sein; erst 670 erreichte er Canterbury und wurde dann Abt
von St Peter und Paul. Die dortige Schule wurde unter seiner Aufsicht zum
Zentrum der Wissenschaft in England. Weitere Schulgründungen wurden zur
Ausbildungsstätte vieler Missionare, die danach in Deutschland und Frankreich
wirkten.
Am 9. Januar 1091 wurden
Hadrians Reliquien in
das neu erbaute Kloster in Canterbury übertragen,
daher sein Gedenktag.
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• http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01160a.htm
• Charlotte Bretscher-Gisinger, Thomas Meier (Hg.): Lexikon des Mittelalters. CD-ROM-Ausgabe. J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2000
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Voir aussi : http://alger-roi.fr/Alger/religion/pages_liees/saint_adrien_pn74.htm
