Genebald

Saint Genebald
Saint Remigius. Painting by Master of Saint Giles. It has been theorized that the 4 figures in the right foreground are Genebald, his wife, and the two children born while he was bishop of Laon.[1]
Bishop
Died550 AD
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
FeastSeptember 5

Saint Genebald (Genebaldus, Genebandus) (French: Génebaud, Génebaut, Guénebauld) (died 550 AD) was a Frankish bishop of Laon. He was a contemporary of Saint Remigius, bishop of Rheims,[2] and according to The Golden Legend, was married to Remigius' niece.[3]

  1. ^ John Oliver Hand, Martha Wolff, Early Netherlandish painting (National Gallery of Art (U.S.) (Cambridge University Press, 1986), 166.
  2. ^ "St. Genebaldus". Heiligen Lexicon. Retrieved May 12, 2009.
  3. ^ "The Golden Legend: The Life of Saint Remigius". Archived from the original on 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-03-05.

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