Adrian of Canterbury was a Berber scholar and Benedictine monk who lived during the 7th and early 8th centuries. Born in North Africa before 637, he traveled from Rome in 668 to reach England alongside Theodore. During his thirty-nine years in the country, he served as the abbot of the monastery of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. Although he twice declined the position of archbishop, he became a prominent educator, teaching subjects such as Greek, Latin, and the Bible to others.