Saint Genebald (Genebaldus, Genebandus) (French: Génebaud, Génebaut, Guénebauld) (died 550 AD) was a Frankish bishop of Laon.

[3] A married clerk, Genebald left his wife to become bishop around 499 AD.

However, according to Canon Flodoard’s 10th-century account, Flodoardi Historiae Remensis Ecclesiae, and repeated by The Golden Legend,[4] Genebald, after he became bishop, slept with his wife, who became pregnant with a boy.

Again they slept together, and this time his wife became pregnant with a girl, whom they named Vulpecula (“she-fox”).

[3] According to Christian Cochini, “this legendary narrative probably has a kernel of truth.”[4] Reinstated as bishop, Genebald is said to have remained chaste for the rest of his life.