Today is the feast of Saint Genevieve, Patroness of Paris. She was a virgin consecrated to God from her earliest childhood, and displayed wisdom and courage. She guided kings, fed and taught the poor, worked miracles, cast out demons and courageously withstood the Franks and Atila the Hun. She encouraged the people of Paris to pray and do penance in order to avert the plague. She died in 512 and her tomb was for centuries a sight of pilgrimage and healings for all of France. Louis XV began to build a new church in her honor in 1764 after he was healed through her intercession. During the Revolution the church was converted into a pagan temple called the Pantheon. Most of the Saint's relics were destroyed in 1791.
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Thank you for this post on Saint Genevieve, a heroic saint. She was encouraged and protected by Saint Germanus, who was a leader in the battle against the Pelagian heresy in Europe. Like Saint Jeanne d'Arc she was also accused of having demons and of being a witch, but managed with the help and protection of Saint Germanus' archdeacon, to save Paris from the Huns.
It is amazing the unlikely people whom God raises up to do His work.
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