About Genesius of Lyon
Genesius of Lyon was a catholic priest.
Saint Genesius of Lyon (Genestus, Genes; died 679) was the 37th Archbishop of Lyon.
Life He was a native of France and became a religious and prior of Fontenelle Abbey). Attached to the court and camp of Clovis II, he acted as chief almoner to the queen, Bathildis. When Bathilde was regent for her six-year-old son Chlothar III after the death of her husband in 657, she commissioned Genesius to expand Chelles monastery.
He succeeded the murdered Annemund in the See of Lyon, and was consecrated in 657 or 658. His name is found for the first time as bishop in a signature of 6 September 664, attached to a charter drawn up by Bertefred, bishop of Amiens, for the Abbey of Corbie.
He is a Catholic saint, feast day 1 November.
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Roman Catholic archbishop
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Genesius of Lyon was a catholic priest.
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