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| • | Saint Remigius (French Saint Remi or Saint Rémy), Bishop of Reims, Apostle of the Franks, (ca 437– January 13 533) effected the conversion to Christianity of Clovis, King of the Franks, at Christmas, 496, one of the turning points in the success of Trinitarian Christianity and a climacteric moment in European history.
Remigius was born, traditionally at Cerny, near Laon, into the highest levels of Gallo-Roman society, said to have been son of Emilius, count of Laon (who is not otherwise attested) and of Celina, daughter of the bishop of Soissons, which Clovis had conquered in 486. He studied at Reims and soon became so noted for learning and sanctity (Catholic Encyclopedia) in addition to his high status, that he was elected bishop of Reims in his twenty-second year, though still a layman.
The story of the return of the sacred vessels, which had been stolen from the church of Soissons testifies to the friendly relations existing between him and Clovis, King of the Franks, whom he converted to Christianity with the assistance of Saint Waast (Vedastus, Vaast) and Clotilde, the Burgundian princess who was wife to Clovis. Even before he embraced Christianity, Clovis had showered benefits upon Remigius and the Christians of Reims, and after his victory over the Alamanni in the battle of Tolbiac (probably 496), he requested Remigius to baptize him at Reims (December 24, 496) in the presence of a large company of Franks and Alamanni: according to Gregory of Tours, 3000 Franks were baptized with Clovis. (The legend of the ampulla of holy oil that was used to anoint the kings crowned at Reims originated after Remigius' time, with bishop Hincmar of Reims.)
Clovis granted Remigius stretches of territory, in which the latter established and endowed many churches. He erected bishoprics at Tournai; Cambrai; Terouanne, where he personally ordained the first bishop in 499; Arras, where he installed St. Waast; and Laon, which he gave to his niece's husband Gunband. In 530 he consecrated Medardus, bishop of Noyon. Remigius' brother Principius was bishop of Soissons and also corresponded with Sidonius Apollinaris (IX.viii), whose letters give a sense of the highly cul
Source: [wikipedia: saint remigius]
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