Genevieve of Paris

Genevieve of Paris
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Virgin, Nun
Born: 419-422 (Nanterre, France)
Died: 502-512 (Paris, France)
Feast: January 3
-Biography
Genevieve of Paris was born around 422 in Nanterre (near Paris). When she was about 7, the bishop Saint Germanus of Auxerre noticed her, place his hands on her head, and told her parents that she would be great in the sight of God. When she told him she wished to dedicate her life to Christ, he gave her a brass medal with an image of the cross and told her to not wear bracelets nor necklaces. When she was 15, she was taken to Paris to enter the monastic life where she received gifts from God such as clairvoyance. Years later, she was told that Attila the Hun was approaching Paris, as a result, she and other nuns prayed to God to spare the city, miraculously, the barbarians avoided Paris. She held dear the Saturday night vigil service. There were many nights where Genevieve would make the Sign of the Cross and allow for the nuns to make their way to the church in spite of the darkness and stormy weather. It is held in tradition that Genevieve suggested that King Clovis built a church in honor Saint Peter and Paul which became the place in which she reposed in the Lord in 512.