Solemnis (French - Solène, Solen or Solenne; died c. 533) was a Christian saint and bishop. He appears in the ''

Acta Sanctorum ''Acta Sanctorum'' (''Acts of the Saints'') is an encyclopedic text in 68 folio volumes of documents examining the lives of Christian saints, in essence a critical hagiography, organised by the saints' feast days. The project was conceived and ...

'' (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 Vedast or Vedastus, also known as Saint Vaast (in Flemish, Norman and Picard) or Saint Waast (also in Picard and Walloon), Saint Gaston in French, and Foster in English (died ) was an early bishop in the Frankish realm. After the victory of ...

(bishop of Arras) and Remigius (bishop of Reims) all contributed to

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

'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

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

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533 deaths 5th-century bishops in Gaul 6th-century bishops in Gaul Bishops of Chartres {{France-bishop-stub