In the sixth year of Diocletian's persecution, St. Hadrian was on his way to Caesarea with Eubulus to visit the confessors of the faith. When the city guards questioned them about the journey, they replied that they had gone to visiting Christians.
The governor ordered them to be whipped and thrown to the wild beasts. Hadrian was beheaded after being attacked by a lion, according to the Roman Martyrology, and Eubulus the same. In the Catholic saints' calendar there are at least five Hadrian and one Adriana.
St. John Joseph of the Cross was born on the island of Ischia (Italy) in 1654, of a pious family, whose five children were consecrated to the Lord. Since he was a child, he professed a special devotion to the Virgin Mary and a generous love for the poor. poor. At a very young age he wore the Franciscan habit He was the first to join the Alcantarine Reform (St. Peter of Alcantara) established in Italy, of which he was to be the main promoter.
Ordained a priest, he dedicated himself to the apostolate, hearing confessions and directing souls. After a contemplative and austere life, he died in Naples in 1734.
