15 works, Today, January 3rd, is Saint Genevieve’s day, her story, illustrated #003

Puvis de Chavannes
L’Enfance de Sainte Geneviève” (detailles), 1876 – 1878

Oil on canvas
Norton Simon Museum

St. Genevieve (422–512), was born at Nanterre, a village on the outskirts of Paris, during the time of Attila the Hun. She was a shepherdess, the only child of Severus and Gerontia, hardworking peasants…

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