Genesius, Count of Clermont

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Genesius, Count of Clermont (died 725) was a noble of Gaul and reputed miracle worker. He was said to be Count of Auvergne. His residence was at Combronde.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LP4UAAAAQAAJ&dq=Genesius%2C+Count+of+Clermont&pg=PA419 Holweck, Frederick George. A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints] vol.1, B. Herder Book Company, 1924, p. 419

According to the lessons of the Breviary of the Chapter of Camaleria (Acta Sanctorum June, I, 497), he was of noble birth; his father's name is given as Audastrius, and his mother's is Tranquilla. He was probably a relative of Bishop Genesius.[https://books.google.com/books?id=kFqXDwAAQBAJ&dq=Genesius%2C+Count+of+Clermont&pg=PT281 Transformations of Romanness: Early Medieval Regions and Identities] (Walter Pohl et al, eds.) GmbH & Co KG, 2018, no pagination {{ISBN| 9783110597561}}

Even in his youth he is said to have wrought miracles—to have given sight to the blind and cured the lame.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06413c.htm Mershman, Francis. "Genesius." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 7 October 2021{{PD-notice}} He built and richly endowed several churches and religious houses.[https://catholicsaints.info/new-catholic-dictionary-saint-genesius-count-of-clermont/ "Saint Genesius, County of Clermont". New Catholic Dictionary] CatholicSaints.Info. 21 May 2013

The "Martyrdom of Praeiectus" says that when the bishopric of Clermont became vacant, King Childeric had sent edicts to elect Count Genesius, but he turned down the see.[http://csla.history.ox.ac.uk/record.php?recid=E06482 "Martyrdom of Praeiectus", The Cult of the Saints, University of Oxford] Prix then became bishop. Partly by his own ample patrimony, and partly by the great liberalities of Genesius, the holy count of Auvergne, Prix was able to found several monasteries, churches, and hospitals.[https://www.bartleby.com/210/1/253.html Butler, Alban. "St. Projectus, Bishop of Clermont", The Lives of the Saints. 1866]

Genesius was a friend of Bonitus, Bishop of Clermont, and of Meneleus, Abbot of Menat. He was buried at Combronde by Savinian, successor of Meneleus.

He is a Catholic saint, feast day 5 June.