Genadio de Astorga, San Juanacio . Benedictine hermitage, bishop of Astorga in the early 10th century and founder of several monasteries in the Bierzo area. The cave of San Genadio is located near Peñalba de Santiago in the Valley of Silence at the foot of the Aquilanos Mountains. We have a beautiful country and we don't know it!
Genadio or Genandio is a male name of Greek origin meaning well born, noble line age or race, noble man, man who loves peace. It also has Genoium as a variant. San Genadio is the name of two Constantinople Patriarchs, also that of a Benedictine Religious of Astorga and another Theologian and Religious of Marseille.
