Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus and Pientia

Holy Martyrs Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus and Pientia are venerated as martyrs in Gaul; their commemoration falls on 11 October. Their historicity is uncertain and no trustworthy historical reports of them exist.

One legend says they died in the year 285 and that Nicasius was one of the first missionaries sent from Rome to Gaul, perhaps a regional bishop; Quirinus was his priest and Scubiculus (in France, Egobille) his deacon. They were put to death in the Vexin. A variant makes them sent to Gaul by Pope Clement, together with Saint Denis; at Vaux-⁠sur-⁠Seine, Quirinus is said to have defeated a dragon that had laid waste the region and poisoned a well. They were then imprisoned by soldiers of the emperor Domitian and beheaded; the following night the saints took their heads in their hands and walked to an island of the river Epte, where a woman, Pientia, and the priest Clarus buried them. The relics of Quirinus were brought around 875 to the abbey of Malmedy, where his veneration developed. Nicasius has been identified with Nicasius of Reims.

They are honoured in the West as saints of the undivided Church, without synodal canonization.