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A given name in German and Latin
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01 / Meaning & origin
Crispinus is recorded as a given name in Wiktionary.
Dérivé de Crispus, avec le suffixe -inus.
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04 / Through time
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CRISPINUS— “curly”
Crispus (curled, or wrinkled), the same word which has produced our crisp; and the French _crépé_ (applied to hair), became a cognomen, and in late times produced Crispinus and Crispinianus, two brothers who accompanied St. Quentin when he preached the Gospel in France. They settled at Soissons, and there, while pursuing their mission, supported themselves by making shoes until their martyrdom, A.D. 287. Shoemakers, of course, adopted them as their patrons, and theirs was a…
Crispus (curled, or wrinkled), the same word which has produced our crisp; and the French _crépé_ (applied to hair), became a cognomen, and in late times produced Crispinus and Crispinianus, two brothers who accompanied St. Quentin when he preached the Gospel in France. They settled at Soissons, and there, while pursuing their mission, supported themselves by making shoes until their martyrdom, A.D. 287. Shoemakers, of course, adopted them as their patrons, and theirs was a universal holiday.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part IV, Chapter IV (Cognomina), Section VI (Crispus, &c) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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