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Remigius's influence over people and prelates was extraordinary, upon one occasion his condoning of the offences of one Claudius, a priest whom Remigius had consecrated, brought upon him the rebukes of his episcopal brethren, who deemed Claudius deserving of degradation. The reply of
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upon his election (523) is apocryphal, and "the letter in which Pope
Hormisdas appears to have appointed him vicar of the kingdom of Clovis is proved to be spurious; it is presumed to have been an attempt of Hincmar to base his pretensions for the elevation of Reims to the primacy, following the
332:), 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
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His tomb in Reims was deliberately desecrated on 7 October 1793 by a
Commissioner of the Convention during the French Revolution due to the link between the tomb and royal patronage.
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in the battle of
Tolbiac at around 497 AD, he requested Remigius to baptize him at Reims (December 25, 496) in the presence of a large company of Franks and Alamanni; according to
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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
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were elaborately admired by
Sidonius Apollinaris, in a finely turned letter to Remigius, but are now lost. Four letters survive in the collection known as the
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313:, which Clovis had conquered in 487. He studied at Reims and soon became so noted for his learning and sanctity, and his high status, that he was elected
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Remigius never attended any of the church councils, in 517 he held a synod at Reims, at which after a heated discussion he converted a bishop of
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King Clovis granted
Remigius stretches of territory, in which Remigius established and endowed many churches. He erected bishoprics at
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The legend of the ampulla of holy oil that was used to anoint the kings crowned at Reims originated after
Remigius' time, with Bishop
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variety of Christianity for the first time in Germanic lands, most of whom had been converted to
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Seething Norfolk. Church of England round tower church dedicated to St Margaret and St Remigius
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A Commentary on the Pauline Epistles (edited Villalpandus, 1699) is not his work, but that of
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His feast day in France is celebrated on 1 October.
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508:List of churches dedicated to Saint Remigius:
427:is apocryphal. A brief and strictly legendary
317:at age 21, though still a layman. He was both
735:Dedieu-Barthe, Joseph Germain Eugène (1911).
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454:Remigius' relics were kept in the
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168:1 October (translation of relics)
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672:Ὁ Ἅγιος Ρεμίγιος Ἐπίσκοπος Ρημῶν
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950:, October 1: "St. Remigius."
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381:Bishop of Soissons
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338:Clotilde
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255:Clovis I
252:baptised
215:Remigius
181:, book,
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