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- 1 2 Shea, John Dawson Gilmary. “Saints Adrian and Eubulus, Martyrs”. Pictorial Lives of the Saints, 1889. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 February 2014
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . - ↑ Monks of Ramsgate. “Hadrian and Eubulus”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 September 2013 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
