Facundus and Primitivus
The two Spanish saints Facundus and Primitivus (* and † in the late 3rd century) come from the vicinity of the city of Sahagún in today's province of León . The name of the city, where a defunct monastery was named after the two martyrs , may derive from St. Facundus ( San Fagun ) ab - the Latin word facundus means something like "eloquent".
Legend
Legend has it that the two saints were sons of St. Marcellus of Tangier . Together with their father and their ten other brothers, they are said to have been beheaded during the Diocletian persecution of Christians under the prefect Atticus on the banks of the river Cea ; 'blood and milk' are said to have sprung from their severed heads. In another legend, however, there is no mention of a relationship with Marcellus or of her brothers.
Adoration
A guide for pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela from the 12th century says about the city of Sahagún: Item, visitanda sunt corpora beatorum martirum Facundi scilitet et Primitivi, quorum basilicam Karolus fecit (“The relics of the martyrs Facundus and Primitivus should also be visited whose basilica was built by Charlemagne . ”) The veneration of the saints, who were not insignificant in the region in the Middle Ages, has fallen sharply - in Las Quintanillas ( province of Burgos ) they are celebrated as local saints with a procession and festival week at the end of September; the Portuguese community of São Facundo bears the saints attributes of sword and martyr's palm in their coat of arms. Her memorial day in the church calendar is November 27th.