A hermit originally from the Comtat Venaissin, Saint Geins withdrew into the solitude of Bausset to devote himself to prayer and work. He is famous for having caused wine to spring from a rock and for having compelled a wolf to pull his plow. His relics rest in Beaucet, where he is invoked against fever and drought.
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SAINT GEINS, THE SOLITARY OF BAUSSET.
XVII DAY OF MAY
Origins and retreat
Geins was born in Moteux into a pious family and retired early to the solitude of Bausset to devote himself to prayer.
Geins Geins Hermit and patron saint of Le Bausset, known for his miracles related to water and agriculture. was born in Moteux, near Carpentras, in the territory of the current Archdiocese of Avignon. His parents were people of modest means, but distinguished by their piety. He retired early, it is said, into t he solitude of Baus solitude de Bausset Site of the saint's hermitage and burial place. set and there sanctified himself through prayer and manual labor.
Miracles of the spring
Like Moses, the saint causes water and wine to gush from a rock for his visitors, creating a fountain with febrifuge properties.
One day when his relatives came to visit him, he found he had neither wine nor water to offer them to restore their exhausted strength: a new M oses, Moïse Prophet representing the Old Law, appearing alongside Jesus. he applied his two fingers to the side of a rock, and immediately there flowed from it not only water, but wine.
The fountain of water is still shown today: it has always flowed in abundance, and its waves are used to combat fevers.
Translation and cult
In 1630, Bishop Alexandre Bichi transferred the saint's relics from his hermitage to the parish church of Bausset.
In 1630, Alexandre Bichi of Siena was created Bishop of Carpentras. While visiting his diocese, he wished for the body of Sain t Geins to saint Geins Hermit and patron saint of Le Bausset, known for his miracles related to water and agriculture. be placed in a more suitable reliquary and transported processionally from the hermitage chapel to the parish chu rch of Bausset, which is a qu église paroissiale de Bausset Site of the saint's hermitage and burial place. arter of an hour away. It remains there to this day. Saint Geins is the patron of this parish. Near Mont-de-Marsan there is a church that bears the name of Saint-Gein, and near Limoges another that is called Saint-Gence.
Iconography and patronage
The saint is depicted with a wolf and a cow yoked to his plow and remains invoked against drought.
He is depicted driving a plow yoked with a cow and a wolf, because the latter having devoured one of the two cows kept by Saint Geins, our Saint is said to have forced the predatory animal to complete his plow team. He is invoked against drought.
Chronology and sources
The period of his life is uncertain (12th to 15th century) and he is claimed by the Franciscan Third Order.
The period of his life is not easy to determine. The F ranciscans c Franciscains Religious order claiming the saint's affiliation. laim him as a member of their Third Order. Some place him in the 12th century, others in the 13th. Others wish for him to belong to the 15th century.
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Annexes & related entities
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Key Events
- Born in Moteux
- Retreat in the solitude of Bausset
- Miracle of water and wine gushing from the rock
- Subjugation of a wolf to plow in place of a devoured cow
- Translation of relics in 1630 by Alexandre Bichi
Miracles
- Gushing of water and wine from a rock by simple contact of the fingers
- Domestication of a wolf to replace a cow for plowing
- Miraculous spring healing fevers