Why is st crispin famous

Now that you feel the burning fire of patriotism in your veins, we suggest invading France. Or at the very least, plant a miniature American flag in front of the Eiffel Tower.

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Enjoy strange, diverting work from The Commuter on Mondays, absorbing fiction from Recommended Reading on Wednesdays, and a roundup of our best work of the week on Fridays. Personalize your subscription preferences here. Short of exhuming his bones, could I ever know who Marlowe—playwright, poet, and possible spy—really was? Heather Teysko is the creator, writer, and producer of The Renaissance English History Podcast , one of the longest running indie history podcasts, going since She's been writing about history online for over 20 years, since her first site on Colonial American history became number one in history on Yahoo in She writes books , created the original Tudor Planner a yearly diary filled with Tudor history runs the popular Tudor Fair online shop , and in created the world's first Tudorcon.

Like this: Like Loading A great call to arms esp effective as made during World War two Loading Pam Webb February 23, at pm. Daedalus Lex February 22, at pm. Lawrence Hall February 22, at pm. Well done. Subscribe via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this site and receive notifications of new posts by email. Interesting Literature. This date is the feast day of Saints Crispin and Crispinian, believed to be twins, the patron saints of Cobblers, Currier's, tanners and leather workers.

There are two accounts of the brothers lives, firstly the more traditional telling. Born to a noble Roman family in the 3rd century AD, Crispin and Crispinian fled persecution for their faith, ending up at Soissons, where they preached Christianity to the Gauls whilst making Shoes by night.

They earned enough through their shoe making to support themselves and to also aid the poor. 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.