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Saint Remigius, also known as Rémi, is recognized as the patron Saint of France, specifically the city of Reims. Born into nobility around 437 A.D., Remigius became Bishop of Reims, and is best remembered for converting and baptizing King Clovis I, the king of Franks, on Christmas Day in 496.
He had married a niece of St. Remigius, but was separated from her to devote himself to the practices of piety. Such was the original of the bishopric of Laon, which before was part of the diocess of Rheims. St. Remigius also constituted Theodore bishop of Tournay in 487. St. Vedast, bishop of Arras in 498, and of Cambray in 510.
Saint Remigius: The Iconography. As a bishop, St. Remigius is almost always portrayed wearing a mitre. Unlike many bishop saints who are shown in chasubles, he often wears a rich cope over an alb, as at right. Remigius is important as the man who baptized Clovis, the first king of the Franks to adopt the Christian faith. In San Luigi dei ...
Jan 13, 2024 · January 13. or October 1 (relics) Saint of the day: St. Remigius. Patron Saint of France. The Story of Saint Remigius. St. Remigius or Remi, Bishop of Rheims was the great apostle of the Franks, and was illustrious for his learning, sanctity and miracles, which in his episcopacy of seventy and more years, rendered his name famous in the church.
Of the Life of S. Remigius. Remigius, an holy doctor, and confessor glorious of our Lord, was tofore his birth provided of our Lord, and foreseen of a holy hermit. When the persecution of the Vandals had almost wasted and destroyed nigh all France, there was a man recluse, holy and virtuous, which had lost his sight, which oft prayed to our ...
Saint Remigius. Remigius (French: Remy or Rémi; c. 437 – 13 January 533) 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. Read more on Wikipedia
St. Remigius evangelized throughout Gaul, and converted Clovis, King of the Franks. On Christmas Eve of 496, the night that preceded the ceremony of the baptism of Clovis, St. Remigius spent several hours in prayer before the altar of the Church of St. Mary. Afterward, he went to the residence of the King. Taking advantage of the silence of the ...
