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
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
Archangel Michael
Lucifer’s nemesis
Angelic warrior
In the war in heaven
Protector against
The dark of night
Feast of the Archangels
As the autumn equinox
nears
Michaelmas marks the
turning
Of the husbandman's
year
Lovely Miss Aster,
My flower girl Maisie
My natural beauty
I love her like crazy
My own precious
Michaelmas Daisy
Before the Norman Conquests
Princess Emma of
Normandy
Became Queen Emma of
England
Wife to King Æthelred
the Unready
And then to Canute the
Great of Denmark
She was falsely
accused of adultery
But the night before
her ordeal by fire
As she slept in Wargrave
uneasily
Saint Swithun appeared
in a dream
To tell her she would
be set free
An old lady's eggs had been smashed
On the new stone
bridge by workmen
Swithin picked the
broken eggs up and
They miraculously
became whole again
