ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 13th of November ST GENULPH, FIRST BISHOP OF CAHORS Saint Genulph (Genulphus) - also called Gengulfus, Gondolphus, Gendulphus, Gundolphus, French St-Genou - was the first bishop of Cahors (Cadurcum) in France. While the Decian persecution was raging in Rome his tutor St Sixtus II sent Genulph and his father Geminus to Gaul to preach the gospel there. The year 247 is given by the chroniclers as the year Genulph's birth, which, however, cannot be correct, since Emperor Decius came to power in A.D. 249, and St Genulph was already ordained at that time. Even as a boy Genulph had to put up with a lot from both young and old because of the Christian faith. Moreover, his mother Acria died while he was still at school. Father and son seemed reluctant to leave the country and thus evade pursuit by the authorities for their Christian faith. In this context it is documented that Pope St Sixtus had to remind them that 'we c...