Abbey of Saint-Remi

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Former Abbey of Saint-Remi Reims*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
State Party	France
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, vi
Reference	601
Region†	Europe and North America
Inscription history
Inscription	1991  (15th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

The Abbey of Saint-Remi is an abbey in Reims, France, founded in around AD 1000. It contains the relics of Saint Remi, a Bishop of Reims who converted Clovis, King of the Franks, to Christianity at Christmas in AD 496, after he defeated the Alamanni in the Battle of Tolbiac.

The basilica was consecreated by Pope Leo IX in 1049. The nave and transepts, in the Romanesque style, are the oldest; the façade of the south transept is the most recent.

Many valuable objects from the abbey were looted in the French Revolutionary period, but the 12th-century stained glass remains.

The Abbey of Saint-Remi, together with the nearby cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims and Palace of Tau, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991.

[edit] External links

• Catholic Encyclopedia article

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