January 13th

Saint Remigius

Saint · Common of Bishops · Reims, France · d. 533

At Reims, likewise in Belgica, the burial of Saint Remigius, bishop, who, after initiating King Clovis at the sacred font of baptism and the sacraments of the faith, converted the nation of the Franks to Christ; and having spent more than sixty years in the episcopate, conspicuous for his holiness, he departed from this life.

Latin Original

Remis item in Bélgica, depositio sancti Remigii, epíscopi, qui, post Clodovéum regem sacro baptísmatis fonti et fídei sacraméntis initiátum, Francórum gentem ad Christum convértit et, annis ultra sexaginta in episcopátu exáctis, sanctitáte conspicuus e vita decéssit.