Why pilgrims come
Discover what makes Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont and Shrine of St. Geneviève a place of pilgrimage
The parish church preserving the surviving shrine and relics of St. Geneviève, patroness of Paris, beside the site of her former abbey.
Saint-Étienne-du-Mont lets pilgrims encounter the patroness of Paris through the relics that survived the Revolution and the continuing prayer of the city around her shrine.
The sacred connection
People and objects remembered here
These relationships are part of the destination record, with feast days and catalog qualifications shown where available.
Shrine and surviving relics
Feast: January 3First-class relics and historic sarcophagus · Ecclesiastically documented surviving relics
The current shrine includes relics preserved outside the destroyed Revolutionary-era reliquary.What to notice
Look closely at the place and its story
Shrine of St. Geneviève
Pray before the surviving relics of the woman Paris remembers as its patroness.
The historic sarcophagus
Read the shrine through both continuity and the losses of the Revolution.
Patroness of Paris
Let her courage and service provide a spiritual lens for the city pilgrimage.
Feasts, anniversaries & celebrations
How to read this page
Sources, tradition, and what is verified
No verification date is listed, so current visitor details should be confirmed directly.
This page records the site’s tradition as “Catholic.” That wording describes the nature of the claim and keeps devotional tradition distinct from independently verified history.