Crispin

Crispin, saint and martyr about the middle of the 3d century, under the reign of Diocletian, fled, along with his brother Crispian, from Rome into Gaul, where he worked as a shoemaker in the town which is now called Soissons, and distinguished himself by his exertions for the spread of Christianity, as well as by his works of charity. In A.D. 287 he and his brother suffered martyrdom by being thrown into a caldron of molten lead. Both are commemorated on the 25th October. Crispin is the universally recognised patron saint of shoemakers.