On This Day In History: Execution Of Saints Crispin And Crispinian – On Oct 25, 286

AncientPages.com - On October 25, 286 (or possibly 285), Saints Crispin and Crispinian were beheaded during the reign of Roman Emperor Diocletian. Much of the earnings Saints Crispin and Crispinian earned as shoemakers were given to the e poor.

Crispin and Crispinian were brothers who fled persecution for their faith. Together with St. Quintinus, an early Christian Saint, they went to Gaul to preach the gospel and settled at Soissons. Much of the earnings Saints Crispin and Crispinian earned as shoemakers were given to the poor.

Saints Crispin and Crispian in the Church of St. John in Saluzzo. Image credit: Petrus von Saluzzo - Public Domain

Much of the earnings Saints Crispin and Crispinian earned as shoemakers were given to the e poor.

According to some sources, Crispin and Crispinian were twin brothers, but that has not been proven.

During the day, the brothers preached Christianity; by night, they worked as shoemakers. They used the money they earned by their trade to support themselves and aid the poor.

Their success attracted the ire of Rictus Varus, governor of Belgic Gaul, a hater of Christians, who subjected them to torture. Later they were thrown into the river with millstones around their necks, but they survived, and Rictus Varus was so furious they didn’t die that he committed suicide himself. Unfortunately, the two brothers were soon after that beheaded by the Emperor c. 286.

Today, Crispin and Crispinian are the patrons of shoemakers, cobblers, and leatherworkers. Their feast day is October 25.

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