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