Saturday, October 25, 2014

25 October. Day of Remembrance: 1662 Book of Common Prayer: Crispin the Martyr, 288 A.D.


25 October.  Day of Remembrance: 1662 Book of Common Prayer:  Crispin the Martyr, 288 A.D.



Crispin, Martyr one of the early missionaries in Gaul, companion of St. Denys, beheaded, according to tradition, with his brother Crispian, A.D. 288. The brothers (like St. Paul) maintained themselves by labour with their own hands, and, working as shoemakers, became the patron Saints of the craft. The day is memorable in English history as the day of the great victory of Agincourt, in 1415. -- October 25.

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