At Barcelona he is called St. Cougat, at Ruel, near Paris, St.
Quiquenfat, in some other parts of France St. Guinefort. He was a
native of Scillite in Africa, and one of the first families of that
country. To escape the persecution raised by Dioclesian, he retired
with St. Felix into Mauritania, and afterward into Spain. He was no
sooner landed at Barcelona but he was apprehended, and confessing his
faith before Dacian, the cruel governor, was condemned by him, after
suffering many torments, to lose his head, in 304. His companion,
Felix, received a like crown soon after him in Gironne. The relics
of St. Cucufas were brought into France in 777, and deposited in the
abbey of St. Denys, near Paris, in 835, where they still remain with
due honor. See Prudentius, hymn 4, the new Paris Breviary on this
day, the Roman Martyrology, and Bosch the Bollandist, t. 6, Jul. p.
169. See also Chatelain, Notes sur le Martyr. Fevr. 16, p. 656.