Saint Remigius Remy or Remi (French: Saint Rémi or Saint Rémy; Italian: Remigio; Spanish: Remigio; Occitan: Romieg; Polish: Remigiusz; and Breton: Remig) was Bishop of Reims and Apostle of the Franks (c. 437 – January 13 533). On 24 December 496 he baptised Clovis I King of the Franks. This baptism leading to the conversion of the entire Frankish people to Nicene Christianity was a momentous success for the Catholic Church and a seminal event in European history.
thumbnail
birth date
0437-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Patron saints of places, Picardy, Cerny-en-Laonnois
death date
0533-01-01T00:00:00+02:00, 0533-01-13
death place
Reims, Champagne (historical province)
title
Bishop and Confessor
venerated in
Anglican Communion, Eastern Orthodox Church, Catholic Church
This page contains content from the copyrighted Wikipedia article "Saint Remigius"; that content is used under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
