Genevieve
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Genevieve was a consecrated virgin, and is one of the patron saints of Paris in the Catholic Church, and she is also venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast day is on 3 January.
Saint Genevieve, 17th-century painting, Musée Carnavalet, Paris
The Consecration of Ste. Genevieve; painting by M. Basterot in the Church of Ste. Geneviève, Missouri
Genevieve, with Germanus of Auxerre, created by sculptor Henri Chapu (c. 1875)
Section of "Sainte Geneviève Watching over Paris, by muralist Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (date unknown)
Consecrated virgin
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In the Catholic Church, a consecrated virgin, Lat. virgo consecrata, is a woman who has been consecrated by the church to a life of perpetual virginity as a bride of Christ. Consecrated virgins are co
Genevieve
…Genevieve (French: Sainte Geneviève; Latin: Genovefa; and Genofeva; c. 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) was a consecrated virgin, and is one of the patron saints of Paris in the Catholic Church, and she is also venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Her feast day is on 3…
The Coronation of the Virgin by Neri di Bicci, c. 1470
Mystic marriage of Saint Catherine (Barna da Siena, c. 1340)
Triumph of Chastity: an allegory of the virtue of Chastity is standing on a wagon drawn by two unicorns; her train of virgins is led by one holding a banner bearing the emblem of the white weasel or ermine, symbol of chastity in medieval tradition (Master of the Paris Entries, c. 1500 – c. 1520).