Genevieve

Saint Genevieve
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

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.

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.

References

1. Farmer, David Hugh (1997). The Oxford dictionary of saints (4. ed.). Oxford [u.a.]: Oxford Univ. Press. pp. 200–201. ISBN 9780192800589.