Ss Crispin and Crispinian

Crispin and Crispinian are martyrs whose names sank deeply into Christian memory even though the surviving passion story is late and unreliable in many details. The old association of the brothers with shoemaking and missionary preaching in Gaul belongs to the shape of their cult and helps explain why their names endured so widely, but the full later tale cannot be treated as equally firm at every point. What does appear secure is the early and serious martyr cult that stands behind it.

That is enough. The saints are not thrown away because the passio grew colorful in the telling, but neither is the legend allowed to carry more weight than it can bear.