According to Christian tradition, they were natives of Britain who fled their country during the Anglo-Saxon invasions.
The myth of foundation associated with the parish church of St-Aubin in Macé, Normandy, states that the two saints founded their hermitage near the site of the current building, near a miraculous spring of water.
Their heads dented the stone but the two saints were not hurt (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).
[3] They were then decapitated and buried near the present grounds of St-Aubin de Macé; a tombstone marks the site of their former grave.
[4] Their relics were taken from St-Aubin to Bayeux Cathedral during the Viking invasions.