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13-MAR-2010 Chris Brooker

Saint Genevieve watching over Paris, 1889-98

Puvis de Chavannes, 1824-1898

In the middle of the fifth century,
the young shepherdess prevented the invasion of the town by the Huns with her prayers,
thus becoming the patron saint of Paris.


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