09 — Legacy and Assessment
Genevieve’s enduring place in the memory of Paris and in the veneration of the Church: her role as the abiding guardian of the city across fifteen centuries and through the great rupture of the Revolution, set within the Orthodox reception of the pre-Schism Western saints; and a sober final assessment of what can be affirmed, what must be held as tradition, and how she is rightly honoured.
Tradition: Western (pre-Schism, Gallo-Roman Gaul)
This closing section steps back from the episodes and the sources to weigh the whole. The first file considers her legacy — the astonishing durability of her hold on the identity of Paris, from the Merovingian shrine through the medieval processions and the Revolutionary destruction to the surviving cult, and the Orthodox reclamation of the ancient Western saints of whom she is one. The second is the assessment: a candid statement of the firm core, the contested tradition, the method the collection has followed, and the ground on which Genevieve is venerated.
Files in This Section
| File | Description |
|---|---|
| the-guardian-of-paris.md | Her enduring role as the guardian in the memory of Paris across fifteen centuries; the Orthodox veneration of the pre-Schism Western saints and Genevieve’s place among them. |
| assessment.md | A sober final assessment: the firm core, the contested tradition, the method followed, and the ground of her veneration. |
See Also
- What Can Be Known — the layered sorting the assessment rests on
- Patroness of Paris — the veneration assessed here
- Mother of the City — the role whose durability is the legacy
References
- Sluhovsky, Patroness of Paris (Brill, 1998).
- Heinzelmann and Poulin, Les vies anciennes de sainte Geneviève de Paris (Champion, 1986).
- McNamara, Halborg, and Whatley, Sainted Women of the Dark Ages (Duke University Press, 1992).