HOLY CLOTILDE BASILICA
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Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde in Reims, neo-Byzantine style, preserving 2,000 relics of saints, contained in 200 reliquaries
On the left bank of the Aisne and Vesle rivers, a neobyzantine dome stands out from the Remois landscape, dominating the Sainte-Anne district: the dome of the Sainte-Clotilde basilica. Influenced by orientalist fashion, the architect Alphonse Gosset adopted a Greek cross-shaped plan to build the building in 1898. The basilica commemorates the fourteenth centenary of King Clovis' baptism and pays tribute to his wife, Clotilde, who was responsible for the conversion of the King of the Franks to Christianity. Cardinal Langénieux made Sainte-Clotilde the reliquary of the saints of France. In its crypt, it now houses 402 reliquaries containing nearly 3,000 relics of saints.
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An error slip into this commentary. When John Paul II came to Reims in 1996 for commemoration from the bâptème from Clovis, after being himself returned to the cathedral, the pope went to the basilica Saint Rémi and holy Clotilde! It meditated in front of the relics of Saint Rémi which was évèque Reims and named Clovis in 496. But the basilica is also interesting for its style, really Néo-Bysantin!
Le cardinal Langénieux a décidé de faire de cette basilique, le reliquaire des saints qui ont marqués l'histoire de la France. La crypte aménagé contient 403 reliquaires qui renferment environ 3000 reliques.
C'est une très jolie basilique, à visiter en été ou lors des journées du patrimoine.