Saint Genevieve

Saint Genevieve

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  • Description / Title of the Saint :Virgin

Saint Genevieve

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  • Memorial Day / Feast Day of Saint Genevieve: January 3
  • Description / Title of the Saint :Virgin
  • Date of Birth: Saint Genevieve was born 419
  • Date of Death: Saint Genevieve died 512
 
 

The Story and History of Saint Genevieve
The story and history of Saint Genevieve. Genevieve was born at Nanterre, near Paris. St. Germanus, when passing through, specially noticed a little shepherdess, and predicted her future sanctity. At seven years of age she made a vow of perpetual chastity. After the death of her parents, Paris became her abode; but she often travelled on works of mercy, which, by the gifts of prophecy and miracles, she unfailingly performed.

At one time she was cruelly persecuted: her enemies, jealous of her power, called her a hypocrite and. tried to drown her; but St. Germanus having sent her some blessed bread as a token of esteem, the outcry ceased, and ever afterwards she was honored as a Saint. During the siege of Paris by Childeric, king of the Franks, Genevieve went out with a few followers and procured corn for the starving citizens. Nevertheless Childeric, though a pagan, respected her, and at her request spared the lives of many prisoners.

By her exhortations again, when Attila and his Huns were approaching the city, the inhabitants, instead of taking flight, gave themselves to prayer and penance, and averted, as she had foretold, the impending scourge. Clovis, when converted from paganism by his holy wife, St. Clotilda, made Genevieve his constant adviser, and, in spite of his violent character, made a generous and Christian king. She died within a few weeks of that monarch, in 512.

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Feast Day of Saint Genevieve
The Feast Day of Saint Genevieve is January 3. The origin of Feast Days: most saints have specially designated feast days and are associated with a specific day of the year and these are referred to as the saint's feast day. The feast days first arose from the very early Christian custom of the annual commemoration of martyrs on the dates of their deaths at the same time celebrating their birth into heaven.

 

Saint Genevieve

  • Short, concise biography of Saint Genevieve
  • History, Life, Biography, Facts and Information
  • Fast, concise facts and information about Saint Genevieve
  • Memorial, or Feast Day, of Saint Genevieve - January 3
  • History, Life, Biography, Dates, Facts and Information
  • Date of Death: 512
  • Date of Birth: 419
  • Important Dates surrounding the life of Saint Genevieve
  • Life History, Story, Biography, Myths and Legends
  • Description / Title of the Saint :Virgin
 
 

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Saint Genevieve