Genesius

Mention must also be made of Felix Weingartner, whose 'Genesius' (1892) and 'Orestes' (1902) are said to contain much fine music; of August

The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892

'' 'Genesius' is a deeply personal story about the insecurities and the frailties hidden behind her gutsy façade.

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Actors even have their own patron saint -- Genesius, a third-century Roman actor who performed in a number of plays at the behest of the emperor Diocletian that mocked Christianity.

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Genesius, considered a martyr for the faith, is also a patron saint of comedians, dancers, clowns, musicians, stenographers, epileptics and torture victims.

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As the story goes, Genesius asked to be baptized -- for real -- while still onstage, enraging Diocletian who had the actor beheaded when he refused to renounce his newfound faith.

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According to legend, Genesius had a conversion experience on stage while performing in a satirical play about baptism when he had a vision of angels holding a book where all of his sins were listed.

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Cornwall are reported to have done some extraordinary things, but they do not usually descend to absurd actions of this nature; and there may be a shrewd suspicion that Genesius has no business here at all.

The Cornwall Coast

Partly by his own ample patrimony, and partly by the great liberalities of Genesius, the holy count of Auvergne, he was enabled to found several monasteries, churches, and hospitals; so that all distressed persons in his extensive diocese were provided for, and a spirit of fervor in the exercises of religion, and all Christian virtues, reigned in all parts.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

Genesius, in his _Lexicon_, explains Elisheba to mean "cui Deus est sacramentum," "quæ jurat per Deum, i.e. Dei cultrix: cf.Is. xix. 18."

Notes and Queries, Number 30, May 25, 1850 Various

According to the "Itinerary of Salzburg" this cemetery contained the body of the actor-martyr Genesius and the bodies of the martyrs

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913