Name
Genovefa/Geneviève, ascetic of Paris, ob. c. 502
Saint ID
S01156
Number in BH
BHL 3334-3350
Reported Death Not Before
502
Reported Death Not After
512
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Virgins
| ID | Title | E02069 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (2.43 and 4.1), records the pious life led by Queen *Clotild (queen and widow of Clovis, S01186) at the basilica of *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) in Tours, after the death of Clovis [in 511]; her death in Tours [in c. 545]; and her burial in Paris in the church of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), which she had built; Gregory mentions that *Genovefa/Geneviève (ascetic of Paris, ob. 502/512, S01156), had earlier been buried there. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02448 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry. | E02747 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (89), tells how *Genovefa/Geneviève (female ascetic of Paris, ob. c. 502, S01156) in her lifetime raised a man from the dead, and now, from her grave in the church of the Holy *Apostles (00084) in Paris, cures many people. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. | E04583 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 3 January. | E05840 | The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in January. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710. | E06246 | Ten episcopal charters of debated authenticity, granting privileges of immunity to monasteries, record various dedications to saints at monastic churches in Gaul. Some of the charters note among their precedents the special privileges already enjoyed by the church at Chalon-sur-Saône dedicated to *Marcellus (martyr of Chalon-sur-Saône, S00323) and 'the place of the saints of Agaune' (north-east Gaul), i.e. its monastery dedicated to *The Theban Legion (martyrs of Agaune, S00339). Written in Latin in Gaul, 637-92. | E06301 | Audoin's Life of *Eligius (bishop of Noyon, ob. 660, S02032) records across two books the saint's lay and then episcopal career, his posthumous cult, and many miracles. It provides further evidence for many other cults in 7th-century Gaul. Written in Latin in Gaul, possibly in 660/86, with later additions and emendations. | E07666 | On the Miracles which Took Place after the Death of the Blessed Abbess *Gertrudis (of Nivelles, ob. 659, S02402) supplements the saint's Life with nine miracle stories, many involving the bed on which she died. Written in Latin, probably at Nivelles (north-east Gaul), 691/c.700. | E08316 | Two relic labels at Solignac (south-west Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of *Iunianus (abbot of Mariacum, 6th c., S03022) and *Genovefa (ascetic of Paris, ob. c. 502, S01156). Written in Latin, perhaps at Solignac, or at an earlier stage in their transmission. | E08398 | The will of Lando, bishop of Reims (mid-7th c.), leaves property to many churches of Reims. Will of mid-7th c.; summary, written in Latin in the 940s by Flodoard, in his History of the Church of Reims (2.6). |
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