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335 ST. GENEVIEVE 335 Order of St. Angnstine, in Sulmona, and took the veil in the same order and in the same place, in company with her daughter Clara and her niece Listf. Troubles arising in Sulmona (se« B. Alex- andrina). Gemma, with her daughters and niece, was obliged to go to Foligno, where, in July, 1425, the bishops and lords gave her the deserted monastery and church of St. Lucy, formerly occu- pied, for about one hundred years, by virgins of the Order of St. Augustine. The monastery required repairs, and Conrad Trinci, lord of the city, gave the nuns a garden and tower close by, to be enclosed within the convent wall, which was done as quickly as possible. For about two months during the build- ing the nuns were hospitably received by B. Angelina di Corbara, in the con- vent of St. Anna of the Third Order of St. Francis. Then Gemma and her friends went to their own convent, and all took the habit of the Order of St. (Jlara. Gemma grew old in her own convent. She would never be abbess, but in great humility obeyed her own daughters and nieces, teaching and help- ing all with equal affection and charity. Jacobilli, Vite de* Santi di Foligno and Santi deir Umhria, and his Lives of cer- tain ble^ed members of the family of Lotto, to whom Gemma belonged or was related. The Bollandists place G^mma among the Prseiermissi. St. Generosa (1), patron of Porent- ruy, where her relics are kept. One of the catacombs is called by her name ; it is on the Via Portenso, near that of St. Pontian. Martyrum Acta, Cahier. St. Generosa (2), July 17, one of the Scillitan martyrs. BM, (See Janu- aria (1).) St. Generosa (3), July 18, M. in Africa, is probably the same as Gene- rosa (2). AA.SS. St. Generosa (4), or Gennosa, April 27, M. at Antioch. AA.SS, St. Generosa (5), June 2, one of 227 Eoman martyrs. AA.SS, St. Genesia (l), June 8, V. M. Honoured at Cherium, a town six or seven miles from Turin, where her relics were discovered in a wonderful manner. A ploughman, pursuing his toil in a field between Cherium and Undeseno, was surprised by seeing the oxen kneel down. After careful search it was found that they did so in veneration of a buried sarcophagus, which contained the relics of the above-named saint and those of SS. Julian and Basilissa. They re- ceived the usual honours, and the bones of Genesa were found useful in procur- ing fine weather. AA,SS. St. Genesia (2) left her home at Micena, a ruined town of Argolis, with her son, St. Genez (Genesius), to escape the persecution raised by the Pro-consul of Achaia. St. Genez was baptized at Aries, by St. Trophimus. Shortly after- wards he was beheaded at Thiers, in the year 68, being eighteen years old. His day is Oct. 28 in the Martyrology of France. Gu^rin, P,B. St. Genetrude(l),of Aachen, Aprill, is said in an old MS. to have died on this day. Nothing further known to Henschenius. AA.SS. St Genetrude (2), Dec. 2, appears this day among English, virgin saints in an ancient Litany. Ancient Brit. Piety, St. Genevifeve (i), Jan. 3 (Geno- VEVA, Gerveve), V. of Paris. 421-c. 501. Patron of France and of Paris, Nanterre, Puisieux, Eosny, near Vin- cennes, of fields and harvests, and against fever. Bepresented (1) holding a spade ; (2) with keys, because the gates of Paris opened to her when locked by order of Childeric, and because she prevented the Parisians from forsaking the city when threatened by Attila ; (3) with a candle in one hand, keys in the other, the devil with bellows in hand crouching near her. One night, after the departure of Attila from Paris, St. Genevieve went to the cathedral with one candle to guide her. She let herself in with the key, and went to the altar to pray. The devil blew out her candle, thinking she would be too frightened to go on with her devotions, but she knelt down and prayed undisturbed by his interference. Suddenly all the lamps in the church began burning, and the devil fled. St. Genevieve was born at Nanterre, near Paris, and was the daugliter of peasants, Severus and Gerontia. She