According to the legend, prior to his conversion to Christianity Eustace was a Roman general named Placidus, who served the emperor Trajan. While hunting a stag Placidus saw a vision of a crucifix lodged between the stag's antlers. This experience shoked him and was immediately converted, had himself and his family baptized, and changed his name to Eustace (Greek: Εὐστάθιος  "well standing, stable, steadfast". 

There is a tradition that when he demonstrated his new faith by refusing to make a pagan sacrifice, the emperor Hadrian condemned Eustace, his wife, and his sons to death .

The lions should have killed them but instead they did not: they stopped dead in front of him and his family. He then continued to live on in the church that is across the street from our café, which was his house.

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Selon la légende, avant sa conversion au christianisme, Eustache était un général romain nommé Placidus, qui servait l'empereur Trajan. En chassant un cerf, Placidus a eu la vision d'un crucifix logé entre les bois du cerf. Cette expérience le bouleversa et il se convertit immédiatement, se fit baptiser ainsi que sa famille et changea son nom en Eustache (grec : Εὐστάθιος "bien debout, stable, inébranlable".

Il existe une tradition selon laquelle, lorsqu'il a démontré sa nouvelle foi en refusant de faire un sacrifice païen, l'empereur Hadrien a condamné à mort Eustache, sa femme et ses fils .

Les lions auraient dû les tuer, mais ils ne l'ont pas fait : ils se sont arrêtés devant lui et sa famille. Il a ensuite continué à vivre dans l'église qui se trouve en face de notre café, qui était sa maison.