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Saints Crispin and Crispinian are the French Christian patron saints of cobblers tanners and leather workers. Born to a noble Roman family in the 3rd century CE Saints Crispin and Crispinian twin brothers fled persecution for their faith ending up in Soissons where they preached Christianity to the Gauls and made shoes by night.Their success attracted the ire of Rictus Varus the governor of Belgic Gaul who had them tortured and thrown into the river with millstones around their necks.
