Genevieve

Genevieve of Paris, French Geneviève, (c. 422 in Nanterre; † 3 January at 502 in Paris) was a consecrated virgin and saints. She is the patron saint of Paris.

Even as a young girl put Genoveva a vow perpetual virginity. At home, she lived a very ascetic and devoted himself to prayer and meditation. After the death of her parents she went to Paris and lived in service to the poor and sick. According to tradition, it is said to have taken from their 15th to 50th year of life, only twice a week, food and drink to him.

According to legend, she predicted that Attila Paris would spare during his rise. As he approached, they fired on the people, the women should pray and the men defending the city. The men wanted to stone, but the women prayed with her, and Attila reached Paris not to.

460 let Genoveva over the graves of the two saints, Dionysius of Paris and Eleutherus, build a church, for the King Dagobert I († 639 ), later the abbey of Saint -Denis donated. You should have also contributed to the conversion of King Clovis I († 511).

Genoveva was buried in the Church of the Apostles in Paris, in a monastery developed, which was like the newly built in the 12th century church of St. Genevieve consecrated. The church was again replaced in the 18th century by a larger building, which we know under the name Panthéon today. The few surviving parts of the monastery can be seen at the Lycée Henri IV next to the Panthéon. During the French Revolution in 1793, her remains were burned publicly. A new shrine is located in the parish church of Saint -Étienne -du -Mont on the Place Sainte -Geneviève in Paris.

The Memorial of St.. Genoveva in the liturgy of the Catholic Church is the 3rd of January. Your iconographic attributes are saints candle, angel and devil, chalice -like vessel and the keys of Paris.