Dated Calendar: 1881 - "CRUSADE" for Standard Screw - Saint Crispin.
- - Pun / Humor Theme: Crusaders, Monk, Shoemaker, St. Crispin the Cobbler "Made and Repaired."
Saints Crispin and Crispinian are the Christian
patron saints of cobblers, curriers, tanners, and leather workers.
They were beheaded during the reign of Diocletian; the date of their execution is given as 25 October 285 or 286.
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.
While it is stated that they were twin brothers, that has not been positively proved.
They earned enough by their trade to support themselves and also to aid the poor.
Their success attracted the ire of Rictus Varus, governor of Belgic Gaul,
who had them tortured and thrown into the river with millstones around their necks.
Though they survived, they were beheaded by the Emperor c. 285–286. - Wikipedia
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