Crispin and Crispinian

Crispin and Crispinianus (* in Rome † 287 in Soissons ) were Christian martyrs.

Legend

The two sons of a rich, prestigious Roman family, Crispin (us) and his brother Crispinianus came to Soissons (France), there to spread the Christian faith. They worked as a shoemaker and made ​​shoes, which they earned enough to provide for themselves and at the same time to donate for the poor. Emperor Diocletian's persecution of Christians but was also implemented here in the sphere of his Mitkaisers Maximian. They were brought to Maximian, who tried by promises and threats to dissuade them from their faith, which he was not able. Therefore, he delivered them from the Prefect Rictiovarus, who was known as a particularly cruel persecutor of Christians. He let them Ahlen stuck under the fingernails, they pour molten lead, throw them into the fire and into ice-cold water. Since it was not possible to drown them weighted with a millstone, they were beheaded.

Worship

The commemoration of the martyrs is the 25th October. Their remains were transferred to Soissons, some relics in the 9th century in the Cathedral of Osnabrück, so they are the patron saints of these two cities. King Sigebert I. transferred in 570 some of the relics from Soissons to Lisdorf in Saarlouis, where they were built into the altar of the parish church of Saints Crispin and Crispinianus. Because of their traditional activities by the legend are Crispin and Crispinianus the patron saints of shoemakers, saddlers and tanners. As attributes they carry sword, palm and millstone as a martyr and footwear, cobblers knife, awl or tongs as a mark of their profession. Arm reliquaries of the two saints are in the Osnabrück Cathedral (early 12th century).