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Remigius, St

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Remigius, St (d. 533), bishop, of Gaulish parentage, who became known as the Apostle of the Franks; he baptized Clovis, king of the Franks, whose queen Clotild was a Christian.

Remigius, who died at Reims on 13 January, was later said to have had the power of touching for the king's evil; this ability supposedly passed from him to Clovis, and was later claimed by Edward the Confessor and the Norman kings of England. It was also said that a miraculous dove had brought the chrism for the baptism of Clovis; until the Revolution, what was left of this, known as the la sainte ampoule, was kept in Reims Cathedral. His feast day is 13 January; his translation is celebrated on 1 October.

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Remigius, St

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Remigius, St (d. c.533), also Remi, ‘Apostle of the Franks’. He is reputed to have been elected bishop of the metropolitan see of Reims at the age of 22, perhaps c.458. His Baptism of Clovis, with many of his subjects, marked the beginning of a close cooperation between the Church and the Frankish ruler. He directed missions to the Morini and the Arians of Burgundy and is associated with the foundation of various bishoprics. According to legend, the ampulla of chrism used in the coronation of French kings was brought by a dove in answer to his prayers at the Baptism of Clovis. Feast day, 1 Oct., now dropped.

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