Betause (died 327) was a 4th-century Bishop of Reims. Of Greek origin, he was the nephew of

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, the son of his sister. He was

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fourth

bishop of Rheims The Archdiocese of Reims (traditionally spelt "Rheims" in English) ( la, Archidiœcesis Remensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese ar ...

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in 312AD and attended the Council of Arles of 314 with his deacon, Primogenite. He is listed in the council records as from "the first province of

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". By 314AD, Betause had built a new

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because until then, the Christians in Reims had only a small building and a cemetery outside the city. The new church was dedicated to the Holy Apostles. He asked

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to transfer the seat of the

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to Reims which was moved under Saint Nicaise. This church was destroyed at the end of the 18th century. He also built the Saint-Christophe chapel where

saint Rémi Remigius (french: Remi or ; – January 13, 533), was the Bishop of Reims and "Apostle of the Franks". On 25 December 496, he baptised Clovis I, King of the Franks. The baptism, leading to about 3000 additional converts, was an important event ...

was later buried. Betause died in 327.Abbé Poussin, ''Monographie de l'abbaye et de l'église Saint-Remi de Reims, précédée d'une Notice sur le saint Apôtre des Francs d'après Flodoard, Reims'', Lemoine-Canart, 1857. p. 7-8.

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327 deaths Bishops of Reims {{France-bishop-stub