Genesius of Arles

Holy Martyr Genesius of Arles was a notary in the city of Arles in Gaul. When he was ordered to enter an imperial decree against the Christians in the records, he refused and declared that he himself believed in Christ. He was put to death in the time of the Emperor Maximian, in the year 303 or 308.

He is honoured as patron of notaries and secretaries. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 25 August (new style, Western calendar). He is not to be confused with Genesius the Actor, a martyr of Rome, remembered on the same day.