death_date feast_day venerated_in birth_date article_title name
circa 662 june 3 roman catholic church unknown genesius -lrb- bishop of clermont -rrb-
 saint genesius of clermont
genesius -lrb- bishop of clermont -rrb-

saint genesius -lrb- died circa 662 -rrb- is a french saint .
he was the twenty-first bishop of clermont and his feast day is celebrated on june 3 .
the legend , which is of a rather late date -lrb- acta ss. , june , i , 315 -rrb- , says that he was descended from a senatorial family of auvergne .
having received a liberal education he renounced his worldly prospects for the service of the church , became archdeacon of clermont under bishop proculus , and succeeded him in the episcopacy in 656 despite his protests .
he laboured earnestly for the maintenance of christian morality , and founded a hospital at clermont and also the abbey of manlieu .
after serving as bishop for five years , fearing for his own soul , he left clermont secretly and went to rome in the garb of a pilgrim .
the bereaved flock sent a deputation to the holy see .
genesius was found and induced to return .
genesius then proceeded to build a convent at chantoin , a church and a hospice .
he was buried in the church which he had built at clermont in honour of st. symphorian , and which later took his own name .
in the life of praejectus -lrb- prix -rrb- , genesius is mentioned as one of the protectors of his childhood .
