Saint Sixtus of Reims (French: Sixte de Reims) (died c. 300) is considered the first bishop of Reims.[1] According to Hincmar,[2] a 9th-century archbishop of Reims, Sixtus was sent from Rome by Pope Sixtus II to Gaul to assist in Christianizing the region.[3] Another tradition makes him, anachronistically, the disciple of Saint Peter.[4] According to tradition, Sixtus of Reims, along with his companion St. Sinicius (Sinice), established the Christian sees of Reims and Soissons.[3] Sinicius would later succeed Sixtus as bishop of Reims.[5] According to one source, “it would appear that Sixtus did not die as a martyr, despite the severity of the persecution during the era.”[1]
Sixtus of Reims | |
|---|---|
 Sixtus in a stained glass window | |
| Bishop | |
| Died | ~300 AD |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | September 1 |
References
edit- ^ a b Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, Stephen Bunson, Our Sunday Visitor's encyclopedia of saints (Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2003), 762.
- ^ "Histoire de l'Église de Reims". Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ a b Clovis Poussin, Monographie de l'abbaye et de l'église de St.-Remi de Reims, précédée d'une notice sur le saint apôtre des Francs d'après Flodoard (Lemoine-Canart, 1857), 1-2.
- ^ William M. Hinkle, The portal of the saints of Reims Cathedral: a study in mediaeval iconography. Volume 13 of Monographs on archaeology and fine arts (College Art Association of America in conjunction with the Art bulletin, 1965), 10.
- ^ Alban Butler, The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints, Volume 10. (Duffy, 1845), 10.