There are a lot of statues in the St. Remi basilica in Reims (Champagne). The bronze in the middle of this two-minute slideshow stands outside the church itself and depicts the baptism of the Franks' first Christian king, Clovis, by St. Remi. The baptism took place at the end of the 5th century. The statue was inaugurated in 1996 to mark the 15th centennial of Clovis's baptism.
The Clovis statue is really interesting to me. It makes me wonder about how Christianity came to be embraced by Clovis. I loved seeing the vaulted ceiling, too.
ReplyDeleteOne thing I read said that the Gaulois to the west, who were to be taken over by the Franks, were Christian a century before Clovis converted and was baptized.
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