Lives and legends of the great hermits and fathers of the church, with other contemporary saints (1902)
D'Anvers, N., d. 1933 · London : G. Bell & sons · leaf 306
been discontinued. The biographers of St. Genevieve further relate that whenthe Huns, under the fierce barbarian leader Attila, invadedFrance, and were threatening the capital itself, it was due toher intercession that Paris was saved. The mere rumour thatthe Scourge of God, as he was called, was… … THE DEDICATION OF ST. GENEVIEVEBy Puvis de Chavannes \lPantheoH, Paris To face p. 218 ST. GENEVIEVE 219 went up to the ramparts, and, standing, on the wall, she prayedaloud that God would avert the danger, or, if it must come,that He would give His people strength to maintain the right.On receipt…
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