Saint Remigius
French archbishop and saint
b. 437 · d. 13 Jan 533
Remigius was the Bishop of Reims and "Apostle of the Franks". On 25 December 496, he baptised Clovis I, King of the Franks. The baptism, leading to about 3000 additional converts, was an important event in the Christianization of the Franks. Because of Clovis's efforts, a large number of churches were established in the formerly pagan lands of the Frankish empire, establishing a Nicene Christianity for the first time in Germanic lands, most of whom had been converted to Arian Christianity.
Related people
- Helaria parent of · traditional
- Prince de Soissons sibling of · traditional
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Commemorated
Places
- Cerny-en-Laonnois birth
- Reims Cathedral burial
- Basilica of Saint-Remi burial
- Reims death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- History of the Franks (Decem Libri Historiarum) 1 claim — Baptism of Clovis