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ST REMIGIUS (c. 437-533)

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 81 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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REMIGIUS (c. 437-533)  , See also:bishop of See also:Reims and the friend of See also:Clovis, whom he converted to See also:Christianity . According to See also:Gregory of See also:Tours, 3000 See also:Franks were baptized with Clovis by See also:Remigius on See also:Christmas See also:Day, 496, after the defeat of the See also:Alamanni . With the growing See also:power of the papacy a See also:good many See also:fictions See also:grew up around his name, e.g. that he anointed Clovis with oil from the sacred See also:ampulla, and that See also:Pope See also:Hormisdas had recognized him as See also:primate of See also:France . The Commentary on the Pauline Epistles (ed . Villalpandus, 1699) is not his See also:work, but that of Remigius of See also:Auxerre . For authorities see H . ,adart, Bibliographie See also:des ouvrages conc. la See also:vie et le culte de S . Rem ... (Reims, 1891), which contains 126 references .

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