{"id":1336,"date":"2026-01-03T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/?p=1336"},"modified":"2026-01-03T13:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T13:22:08","slug":"january-3rd-10th-day-of-christmas-the-feast-of-st-genevieve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/january-3rd-10th-day-of-christmas-the-feast-of-st-genevieve\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Genevieve Day January 3rd"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/180px-0_Vitrail_de_Ste-Genevieve_priant_pour_arreter_la_pluie_-_N-D_de_Paris.jpg\" alt=\"St Genevieve stained glass windown.  r\u00e9alis\u00e9 au XIXe si\u00e8cle par Alfred G\u00e9rente pour orner le corridor de la nouvelle sacristie de Notre-Dame de Paris.\" class=\"wp-image-1337\" style=\"width:316px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Saint Genevi\u00e8ve praying for the end of the rain. 19th Century by Alfred G\u00e9rente Notre-Dame de Paris.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.3\">St Genevieve of Nanterre (c. 419\/422 AD \u2013 502\/512 AD) has her feast day today. Nanterre is an ancient settlement swallowed up by modern Paris. Genevieve was a most remarkable woman who met St Germanus of Auxerre on his way to Britain. She  was only 7 when she met Germanus. He encouraged her piety. She became a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consecrated_virgin\">consecrated virgin<\/a> (someone who made vows of chastity to be a &#8216;bride of Christ&#8217;). Thereby living an aesthetic life of fasting and prayer. Hence, miracles soon became associated with her, (including changing the weather) and the &#8216;usual&#8217; medical miracles. After moving to Paris, she encouraged the women of the City to stay in the City for prayer and fasting to prevent the Huns capturing the City in 451. Attila and the Huns abandoned the siege.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1.3\">St Genevieve saved the City on other occasions too, helped build two large Church projects, including St Dennis.  She intervened fearlessly in public affairs, and was a brave and resolute woman who challenged the male hierarchy with some success.  And  what makes me like her even more was that she is not a martyred teenager Saint tortured to death to gain her sainthood. But she did great works and lived to old age of 82 still &#8216;full of virtue&#8217;.  In the medieval period, she became the Patron Saint of Paris. She is patron to: Paris, shepherds, winemakers, wax-chandlers, hatmakers; against eye complaints, fever, plagues, drought, and war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>St Germanus<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>St Germanus played a significant role in Genevieve&#8217;s life, protecting her from slander and attack. He is one of the most significant figures in post Roman studies in Britain.  Accounts of his visits to Britain in the early 5th Century are among the very few descriptions of  post-Roman life.  He was sent to Britain to counter the Pelagian Heresy, which was endangering the Catholic version of Christianity.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pelagius.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2553\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">17th Century print of Pelagius<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>He took part in a public debate about heresy which took place in a disused Roman amphitheatre. For much more about Pelagius, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/st-germanus-day-original-sin-july-31st\/\">Germanus and his visit to Britain read my post her<\/a>e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>More on Nanterre<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, Nanterre has an interesting prehistory. The name in Celtic means &#8216;enduring sacred site&#8217;. A large cemetery has been found, which helps support the possibility that it is the original site of Paris. Julius Caesar attended an assembly with local Gallic leaders in the area. The topography of Nanterre fits as well for the location of the assembly as the island in the Seine (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%8Ele_de_la_Cit%C3%A9\">\u00cele de la Cit\u00e9)<\/a> which is an alternative location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In Their Own Words<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an excerpt from Julius&#8217;s Caesar book concerned with training druids. (It is photographed from my book &#8216;In Their Own Words- details below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"943\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-03-14.54.34-943x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-03-14.54.34-943x1024.jpg 943w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-03-14.54.34-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-03-14.54.34-768x834.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-03-14.54.34-1414x1536.jpg 1414w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-01-03-14.54.34.jpg 1756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"693\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/intheirownwords0001-693x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of Kevin Flude's 'In their Own Words'\" class=\"wp-image-532\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6767654706509932;width:273px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/intheirownwords0001-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/intheirownwords0001-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/intheirownwords0001-768x1135.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/intheirownwords0001-1039x1536.jpg 1039w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/intheirownwords0001-1386x2048.jpg 1386w, https:\/\/chr.org.uk\/anddidthosefeet\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/intheirownwords0001.jpg 1534w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&#8216;<b>In Their Own Words &#8211; A Literary Companion To The Origins Of London<\/b>&#8216; by Kevin Flude<\/p>\n<p>It brings together contemporary quotations about the Prehistoric, Roman and Dark Ages with a commentary by the author.\u00a0 It&#8217;s an enjoyable read!\u00a0 To buy the Kindle (\u00a32.40) or a paperback version (\u00a35.99), click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Their-Own-Words-Kevin-Flude\/dp\/190510877X\/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1293719612&amp;sr=1-4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you have read it, please <a href=\"_wp_link_placeholder\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">go here<\/a> and write a review! It is sadly devoid of any!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>On This Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1521<\/strong> Martin Luther excommunicated by Pope Leo X. (our present Pope is the XIV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1661<\/strong>  Samuel Pepys saw the Beggar&#8217;s Bush at the Theatre in Gibbon&#8217;s Tennis Court, Vere Street, near Lincoln&#8217;s Inn Fields. He records it was &#8216;the first time that ever I saw women come upon the stage&#8217;. The Restoration of Charles II to the throne allowed, for the first time, women to appear on the professional stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1777 <\/strong>George Washington defeats Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Today:<\/strong>  keep bird feeders well stocked. Check houseplants for mealybugs, mites and other pests. (Gardeners&#8217;s Year The Metroplitan Museum of Art). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Full Moon today falls in Cancer in a conjunction with Jupiter and an exact opposition to Mars and Venus.  Thus,  the mood of the times is divided between those  supporters of individual liberties. And the Government&#8217;s right to control personal behaviours&#8217;. That, ast least is what Old Moore&#8217;s Almanack for 2026 says. And that&#8217;s probably enough Astrology for the year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First written in January 2023, revised and republished January 2024,  2025, 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St Genevieve of Nanterre (c. 419\/422 AD \u2013 502\/512 AD) has her feast day today. Nanterre is an ancient settlement swallowed up by modern Paris. Genevieve was a most remarkable woman who met St Germanus of Auxerre on his way to Britain. She was only 7 when she met Germanus. He encouraged her piety. 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