person
Saint Geneviève
Geneviève
also: the saint, Sainte Geneviève
The fifth-century patroness of Paris, credited with watching over the city in time of danger. Malte sees her in Puvis de Chavannes's Panthéon murals, keeping vigil by lamplight over the sleeping city.
Reading notes
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §120 the saint in the Panthéon
Sainte Geneviève, the fifth-century patroness of Paris, as Puvis de Chavannes painted her in the murals of the Panthéon — keeping vigil by lamplight over the sleeping city below.