Solemnis (French - Solène, Solen or Solenne; died 24 September 507) was a Christian saint and bishop. He appears in the '' Acta Sanctorum'' (Volume VII, 57) for 25 September. He was made

Bishop of Chartres The oldest known list of bishops of Chartres is found in an 11th-century manuscript of Trinity Abbey, Vendôme. It includes 57 names from Adventus (Saint Aventin) to Aguiertus (Agobert) who died in 1060. The most well-known list is included in the ...

in 483. He split off part of the bishopric of Chartres to create that of

Châteaudun Châteaudun () is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department. It was the site of the Battle of Châteaudun during the Franco-Prussian War. Geography Châteaudun is located about 45& ...

and made his brother Aventinus its first bishop. Solène, Vedast (bishop of Arras) and Remigius (bishop of Reims) all contributed to

Clovis I Clovis ( la, Chlodovechus; reconstructed Frankish: ; – 27 November 511) was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler, changing the form of leadership from a group of petty kings to rule by a single kin ...

's conversion to Christianity. Solène then assisted Remigius in Clovis's baptism in 499Agreed date after world research studies in 1996 and inscribed on the St-Remi Basilica in Reims. and became the king's

catechist Catechesis (; from Greek: , "instruction by word of mouth", generally "instruction") is basic Christian religious education of children and adults, often from a catechism book. It started as education of converts to Christianity, but as the ...

. He died in Maillé (now known as Luynes, Indre-et-Loire département).

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507 deaths Year of death unknown 5th-century Frankish bishops 6th-century Frankish bishops Bishops of Chartres {{France-bishop-stub