SAINT CRISPIN'S DAY

 

Saint Crispin's Day

Falls on 25th October

And is the feast day

Of the martyred twins

Crispin and Crispinian

The Christian Saints

Martyred c. 286

THE FAVERSHAM SAINTS

 

A Christian Legend tells

That Crispin and Crispinian

The Roman Princes,

Saints and shoemakers,

Lived for a short time

During the 3rd century

In the Kent town of Faversham

The association is recalled

By a plaque on the Swan,

In Market Street

CRISPIN AND CRISPINIAN

 

Born to a noble Roman family

In the 3rd century AD,

Crispin and Crispinian,

Persecuted for their faith,

Fled their homeland

And travelled to Gaul

And preached Christianity

To the Gaul’s in Soissons.

They made shoes by night

To support themselves

And also aided the poor

But their evangelical success

Brought them to the attention

Of a jealous Rictus Varus,

Governor of Belgic Gaul,

Who brought their good works

To a savage end

THE FEAST DAY OF SAINTS CRISPIN AND CRISPINIAN

 

25th October is the feast day

Of Crispin and Crispinian

Although now removed

From the Universal Liturgical calendar

Of the Roman Catholic Church

The Sainted Twins

Are still commemorated

On that day in the Roman Martyrology

And the feast remains as a

"Black Letter Saints' Day"

In the calendar of the Anglican

Book of Common Prayer