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title: SANTA GENOVEFFA

subject date: 2016-12-21

caption: Santa GENOVEFFA (422-512), religious franca born in Roman Gaul, promoter of Christianity among the Franks and the conversion of Clovis I. Belonging to a wealthy family, he devoted himself to a life of charity and prayer; He supported and urged the Parisian population to resist the siege of the Huns of Attila, and later personally activated the grain commission to feed the Parisian victims of a famine. Patroness of the city of Paris, the shepherds, the wax manufacturers and the military. Commemoration January 3, the day of death. colored engraving, Italy 1886

category: HIS

copyright: © Fototeca Gilardi

copyright status: Copyrighted Work

country: Francia

credit: Fototeca Gilardi

instructions: Per utilizzi: Fototeca Gilardi - t. 02 3931 2652

file date: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

object name: 71304

priority: 0

multiplying price: 1.00

pricing: default

continent: Europa

image century : XIX

image epoch: Ottocento

subject century: V - VI

subject epoch: Medioevo

technique: Incisione colorata

id: 39719

file name: FSNgilardi_71304.jpg

keywords

shepherdsshepherdessPastorSt. GenevieveParisFranceholyD. RahoultChristianityreligionCatholicismcult of saintsVirgin