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The baptism of Clovis — The Frankish king’s conversion to Catholicism, between 496 and 498
Promised during an uncertain battle against the Alemanni, the baptism made the Frankish king the only Catholic — not Arian — barbarian sovereign. It made fusion with the Gallo-Romans, of the same religion, possible, and gave his successors the episcopate’s support for a thousand years. (Editorial synthesis)
The baptism of Clovis took place around 498 (Julian calendar). (source: Encyclopædia Universalis)
The baptism of Clovis ended in the Frankish king baptized like the Catholic Clotilde, and the support of the Christianized Gallo-Roman populations. (source: Larousse)
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