CERL Thesaurus

Hadrian, von Nikomedeia, Heiliger

Record IDcnp00573800

URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00573800

Last Edit2024-02-08

General Note

Hl. Märtyrer

More Information

Further Biographical Data-305. ca.

ActivityPersonen zu Kirchengeschichte, Systematischer und Praktischer Theologie, Kirche und Konfession (3.6p) (sswd)

Heiliger (gnd)

Geographic NoteGriechenland (Altertum

XS (iso3166-1)

XU (iso3166-1)

Byzantinisches Reich

Related Entries

SpouseNatalia, von Nikomedien, Heilige, ca. 3./4. Jh.
Beziehung familiaer. -- Ehefrau

Names

HeadingHadrian, von Nikomedeia, Heiliger
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany

Variant NameAdrian, von Nikomedeia, Heiliger

Sources

Found inLThK

St Adrian, chiaroscuro drawing. Pen and ink and brush, grey wash, white heightening, on grey prepared paper, 27.2 (to tip of sword) × 18.5 cm, Louvre, Paris.This drawing depicts St Adrian of Nicodemia (or Nicomedia), a Roman officer martyred in A D 290 after his conversion to Christianity. The sword and anvil allude to the manner of his death: his hands were cut off and his legs broken on an anvil. The lion at his feet is the lion that by legend refused to attack him. Adrian's iconography made him the patron saint of smiths, so Holbein's client may have been a smith, perhaps the swordsmith for whom he designed a coat of arms, which he rendered in the same style (Müller, 218).
[Hans Holbein the Younger / Christian Müller; Stephan Kemperdick; Maryan Ainsworth; et al, Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515-1532, Munich: Prestel, 2006, ISBN 9783791335803. -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St Adrian, by Hans Holbein the Younger.jpg]