At Paris in Gaul, the deposition of Saint Genevieve, virgin of Nanterre, who at fifteen years of age, at the urging of Saint Germanus, bishop of Auxerre, received the veil of virgins; she strengthened the inhabitants of the city terrified by the incursion of the Huns, and sustained her fellow citizens in a time of famine.
January 3rd
Saint Genevieve
Latin Original
Parísiis in Gállia, deposítio sanctae Genovéfz, virginis Nemptodurénsis, quze quíndecim annos nata, sancto Germáno Autissiodorénsi episcopo hortánte, virginum velámen accépit, íncolas civitátis Hunnórum incürsu extérritos firmávit et concíves témpore famis sustínuit.