Genevieve
Saint Genevieve is a saint in Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox tradition. She is the patron saint of Paris. Her feast day is kept on January the 3rd.
| Saint Genevieve | |
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Saint Genevieve, seventeenth-century painting, Musée Carnavalet, Paris | |
| Born | c. 419–422, Nanterre, France |
| Died | 502–512 (aged 79–93), Paris, France |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | Pre-congregation |
| Feast | 3 January |
| Patronage | Paris |
In 451 she led a "prayer marathon" in Paris that was said to divert Attila's Huns away from the city. In 464 Childeric I besieged the city and conquered it. She negotiated to collect food and convinced Childeric to release his prisoners.
Clovis I founded an abbey where Genevieve could minister. She was later buried there.[1] The church witnessed numerous miracles at her tomb. Genevieve was canonised.
Genevieve Media
Genevieve, with Germanus of Auxerre, created by sculptor Henri Chapu (c. 1875)
Section of "Sainte Geneviève Watching over Paris, by muralist Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (date unknown)
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Section of "Saint Geneviève Resupplying Besieged Paris," by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (c. 1890)
Miniature of Saint Genevieve (at St. Genoveva Church in the Netherlands), with an angel on her right and a demon on her left
Section of image in Nanterre Cathedral depicting Saint Genevieve blessing Paris
"Vision of Saint Genevieve" (1892) by Alphonse Osbert, which depicts Genevieve as a shepherdess
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Statue of Saint Genevieve inside Notre-Dame Cathedral
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Statue of Genevieve at the Pont de la Tournelle, by Paul Landowski
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Front of the Church of the Abbey of Saint Genevieve, in a 19th-century engraving
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References
- ↑ Farmer, David Hugh (1997). The Oxford dictionary of saints (4. ed.). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press. pp. 200–201. ISBN 9780192800589.
