and to study, and how foreigners then came hither to acquire learning and wisdom; whereas now, in his own day, if any Englishman desired to make himself a scholar, he was obliged to go abroad for instruction. Death Adrian, long surviving his friend the archbishop, is said to have lived for 39 years after he came to England, continuing till his death to preside over the monastery at Canterbury. (Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum iv. 1, 2.; and Vita Abbatum Wiramuth., in Smith's Beda, p. 293.; W. Malmes. De Pontif. p. 340.) He died in 709 and was buried in his monastery. He came to be regarded as a saint and his relics were re-deposited in the new monastery on 9 January 1091, which is now his feast day. See also Noble Communion and Holy Apostolic Order of St Hadrian of Canterbury, part of the Apostolic Pastoral Congress Saint Adrian of Canterbury, patron saint archive Notes Sources Long, George. The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1842-1844. 4 vols. Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. . External links CatholicSaints.Info Adrian of Canterbury Catholic Online Saints and Angels St Adrian 8th-century deaths Abbots of St Augustine's 8th-century Berber people Kentish saints 8th-century Christian saints Year of birth unknown 710 deaths Berber Christians Berber scholars