According to tradition, Victoricus and Fuscian were missionaries from the city of
Rome. They were preaching the Christian religion in the city of
Therouanne, and in the areas inhabited by the people known as the
Morini. They were followers of
Saint Quentin, as well as of
Crispin and Crispinian. Near
Amiens, they met Gentian, who warned them that Christians were being killed for their faith. Later, the governor
Rictius Varus (Rictiovarus) questioned Gentian about the whereabouts of Victoricus and Fuscian. Gentian refused to tell him and was consequently
beheaded. According to the
Golden Legend, the governor later brought Victoricus and Fuscian to Amiens. "Then took spears of iron and put them through their ears and through their nostrils, and had them decapitated. And by the will and power of our Lord, they arose up, and
took their heads in their hands, and bare them two miles far from the place where they had been beheaded." It is said that all three were buried at the place called
Saint-Fuscien. ==Veneration==