Crispin
saint and martyr; about the middle of the 3d century, under the reign of Diocletian, fled, along with his brother Crispinian, 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 Oct. 25.
Sparta, and wrote a treatise on the laws and institutions of that republic. Returning to Athens along with Lysander, 404 B. C., he was appointed one of the 30, his pride of birth and hatred of demagogues fitting him for that office.
After a cruel and oppressive use of the power thus conferred upon him, he fell in battle against Thrasybulus and his followers.