Sicarius of Brantôme

Authenticity According to Wasyliw, the bones may simply be those of a child who had been named after a bishop of Laon. This sentiment was echoed in 2014 by Kristan Lawson and Anneli Rufus:The massacre happened a long time ago when Jesus, still a baby himself, hadn't yet developed the following that would turn into Christianity. (Thus, you might wonder, how did anyone have the foresight to scoop up this dead baby? Ask not, friend.)

The inscription of the tomb, dedicated to an "innocent" child, may have caused the confusion and the subsequent veneration as a Holy Innocent. Sicarius represents an "impulse to personify the supposedly ancient relic with names may imply a heightened sympathy for the sufferings of the infants, and perhaps for their grieving families as well". Sicarius' name is odd; it means "cut-throat" or "assassin".

St. Memorius (Mémoire) was another child martyr and purported Holy Innocent whose relics were translated during the reign of Charlemagne; they were taken to the Cathedral of St. Front in Périgueux from St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.

A fountain near the monastery of Brantôme is named after Sicarius.

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