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'Saint Crispin', c1492-c1494. St Crispin and St Crispinian (dc286), were Roman brothers who went to Soissons, France, to spread the gospel. They supported themselves by shoe making and are the patron saints of shoemakers and leathermakers, their feast day being 25 October. Crispin and Crispinian were beheaded during the persecution of the Christians that occurred under the Emperor Diocletian. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow.