Paris . sthe custom for devotees to buy a taper, and pray while itburns. Every year the neuvaine of S. Genevifeve brings apious crowd, from every part of Paris, to pray by the tombof its patroness. In one of the apsidal chapels is theempty stone coffin in which the body of the saint was laid,on January 3, 511, and from which her relics were removedto the original shrine. S. Genevifeve was a peasant girl, born at Nanterre, nearParis, in 421, and employed in her childhood as a shep-herdess. When she was seven years old, S. Germain,Bishop of Auxerre, passing through her village, becamemiraculousl
Paris . sthe custom for devotees to buy a taper, and pray while itburns. Every year the neuvaine of S. Genevifeve brings apious crowd, from every part of Paris, to pray by the tombof its patroness. In one of the apsidal chapels is theempty stone coffin in which the body of the saint was laid,on January 3, 511, and from which her relics were removedto the original shrine. S. Genevifeve was a peasant girl, born at Nanterre, nearParis, in 421, and employed in her childhood as a shep-herdess. When she was seven years old, S. Germain,Bishop of Auxerre, passing through her village, becamemiraculously aware of the future glory of la puceletteGenevilve, and consecrated her to the service of God. Hercourse was henceforth marked by miracles, which began 356 PARIS when her mother, struck blind for boxing her ears, was re-stored by her prayers. After the death of her parents Gene-vieve resided with an aged relation in Paris, and led a life ofpiety and humility, varied by victorious conflicts with S. fTlENNE DU MONT (noKTH POKCh). When the city was besieged by Attila, and the inhabitantswere preparing to fly, she emerged from her solitude andurged them to remain, assuring them that Heaven woulddeliver them ; and in truth the barbarians withdrew withoutsacking the town. During the siege by Childeric, Paris wasprovisioned by boats on the Seine personally commanded by COLLEGE DES ECOSSAIS 357 Genevifeve, and, after the city was taken, Clovis and Clotildewere converted by her to Christianity. Then the first chris-tian church was built, in which, dying at eighty-nine, theshepherdess Genevifeve was buried by the side of King Clovisand Queen Clotilde. In her latter years she is said to havelived in a convent near S. Jean en Grfeve, afterwards calledIHopital des Landriettes. Here a bed was shown as hers,and it was affirmed that in the great flood of the time of Louisle Ddbonnaire, the water, which filled her chamber, formeda solid arch over that sacred couch, leaving it untouch
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