19 events with tag "Genevieve"
422
ID: 5245
Birth of St. Genevieve at Nanterre - born to Frankish father Severus and Greek mother Gerontia
ID: 5245
429
ID: 5246
St. Germanus meets 7-year-old Genevieve - recognizes her sanctity, she consecrates herself to God, receives blessed coin
ID: 5246
435
ID: 5247
Genevieve moves to Paris after parents' death - begins having visions, faces skepticism until St. Germanus confirms her sanctity
ID: 5247
436
ID: 5248
Genevieve heals her mother's blindness - makes sign of cross with well water over mother's eyes, sight restored
ID: 5248
440
ID: 5249
Genevieve begins expelling demons - gains reputation for freeing possessed persons through prayer and fasting
ID: 5249
451
ID: 5250
Genevieve saves Paris from Attila - convinces Parisians not to flee, organizes prayer and fasting, Attila mysteriously bypasses Paris
ID: 5250
455
ID: 5251
Devil extinguishes Genevieve's candle on bridge - she prays, candle relights miraculously, becomes her iconographic symbol
ID: 5251
470
ID: 5253
Childeric shows reverence to Genevieve - pagan Frankish king respects holy woman, releases prisoners at her request
ID: 5253
475
ID: 5254
Genevieve initiates church over St. Denis's tomb - locates martyr's burial site through revelation, begins basilica construction
ID: 5254
493
ID: 5255
Genevieve influences Clovis through Queen Clotilde - helps persuade Frankish king toward Christianity before his conversion
ID: 5255
502
ID: 5256
Clovis begins church of Saints-Apostles - builds church at Genevieve's suggestion, will become her burial place
ID: 5256
512
ID: 5257
January 3, 512
Death of St. Genevieve at 89 - dies after 80 years serving Paris, buried in Saints-Apostles church, immediate veneration
ID: 5257
834
ID: 5261
Drought ends after procession with Genevieve's relics - Bishop carries relics to Notre-Dame, rain begins before returning to church
ID: 5261
886
ID: 5262
Paris survives Viking siege - citizens invoke St. Genevieve's protection, Odo of Paris leads successful defense
ID: 5262
1129
ID: 5258
Burning sickness (ergotism) epidemic ends - after Genevieve's relics carried in procession, 14,000 cured, annual feast established
ID: 5258
1130
ID: 5263
Annual procession of St. Genevieve's shrine established - after ergotism miracle, yearly November 26 procession begins
ID: 5263
1744
ID: 5259
Louis XV vows new church to St. Genevieve - promises church if cured of illness, becomes the Pantheon
ID: 5259
1793
ID: 5260
Revolutionaries burn St. Genevieve's relics - remains publicly burned at Place de Grève, ashes thrown in Seine, some relics hidden
ID: 5260
1962
ID: 5264
St. Genevieve becomes patron of French gendarmes - Pope John XXIII declares her patron of military police
ID: 5264