Saint Genevieve

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Saint Genevieve is the patron saint of Paris, revered for her piety and credited with protecting the city from invasion through her faith and leadership in the 5th century.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Saint Genevieve canonical 4
Saint Geneviève 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 5th-century saint
Christian saint
Eastern Orthodox saint
Roman Catholic saint
patron saint
associatedWith Attila the Hun
Clovis
surface form: Clovis I

Merovingian dynasty
birthDate c. 419
early 5th century
birthPlace Nanterre NERFINISHED
near Paris
canonizationStatus pre-congregation
countryOfCitizenship Western Roman Empire
cultCenter Paris
deathDate c. 502
early 6th century
deathPlace Paris
denomination Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church
ethnicGroup Gallo-Roman
feastDay 15 November (Eastern Orthodox calendar)
3 January
givenName Genevieve
hasPlaceNamedAfter Panthéon, Paris
surface form: Panthéon (originally Church of Sainte-Geneviève)

Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois NERFINISHED
multiple churches in France
honorificPrefix Saint
iconographicAttribute accompanied by a devil trying to blow out the candle
holding a candle
influenced civic identity of Paris
devotion to saints in medieval Paris
notableFor leadership during siege and famine
organizing prayer and fasting during threats to Paris
piety and ascetic life
protecting Paris from invasion by the Huns
patronage France
Paris
against disasters
against plague
placeOfBurial Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève
Church of the Holy Apostles (Paris)
religion Christianity
sexOrGender female
title Patroness of France
Patroness of Paris
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church

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Montagne Sainte-Geneviève namedAfter Saint Genevieve
former Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève dedicatedTo Saint Genevieve
this entity surface form: Saint Geneviève
former Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève namedAfter Saint Genevieve
this entity surface form: Saint Geneviève
Pont de la Tournelle hasStatue Saint Genevieve
Pont de la Tournelle dedicatedTo Saint Genevieve
Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont dedicatedTo Saint Genevieve
this entity surface form: Saint Geneviève
Decoration of the Panthéon, Paris mainSubject Saint Genevieve
this entity surface form: Saint Geneviève