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Genesius
was born in Rome in the late third century. He was a comedic
actor and legend has it that he genuinely accepted Christ as
his Savior onstage in a baptism scene, while performing in a
play that mocked Christianity. This inspired him to make an
impromptu speech denouncing anyone who hated Christians. The
Roman Emperor Diocletian, a renowned Christian-hater, was in
the audience and was not amused. He immediately had Genesius
stretched on a rack, burned with torches and beheaded. Genesius
is also the patron of comedians, lawyers and secretaries; and
he's invoked against freezing and epilepsy. His feast day is
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St.
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Patron St. of
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