Genevieve of Paris
Approx. 422 AD — Approx. 512 AD · Feast day: January 3
When Attila the Hun threatened Paris in 451, it was a shepherd girl turned urban mystic who halted the panic — urging the terrified city to pray rather than flee, and watching as the Hunnic armies inexplicably turned south. Genevieve of Paris spent her life as a consecrated virgin in the city she loved, and her shrine became a site of miracles for centuries after her death.