death_date death_place birth_place attributes feast_day imagesize venerated_in article_title name
5th century bayeux or macé britain palms of martyrdom july 23 250px roman catholic church rasyphus and ravennus
 saints rasyphus and ravennus
rasyphus and ravennus

saints rasyphus -lrb- rasiphus -rrb- and ravennus -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- fifth century -rrb- are venerated as christian saints and martyrs .
according to christian tradition , they were natives of britain who fled their country during the anglo-saxon invasions .
they settled in gaul and became hermits .
they were then martyred , perhaps by goths who adhered to arianism .
the myth of foundation associated with the parish church of st-aubin in macé , basse-normandie , states that the two saints founded their hermitage near the site of the current building , near a miraculous spring of water .
there are several versions of their martyrdom .
the first states that they were tossed against a great block of sandstone .
their heads dented the stone but the two saints were not hurt -lrb- there are two visible prints in the church of st-aubin of macé that are considered to be the marks made by the heads of the two saints -rrb- .
they were then decapitated and buried near the present grounds of st-aubin de macé ; a tombstone marks the site of their former grave .
