Saint Genevieve is the patroness of Paris. At the age of seven, under the protection of her spiritual father, Saint Germanus of Auxerre, she dedicated herself completely to God. At the age of fifteen, she took the veil of a nun. When she was twenty-nine, in 451, she protected the whole city of Paris from destruction by the pagan army of Attila and the Huns. Saint Genevieve died in her ninetieth year. Her relics were placed in a church dedicated to her name, in Paris. These relics were burned during the French Revolution. The Church of Saint Genevieve was then turned into a temple, called the Pantheon, and used as a public burial place for French notables and unbelievers.
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