| Saint Sixtus of Reims | |
|---|---|
 Sixtus in a stained glass window | |
| Bishop | |
| Died | ~300 AD |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | September 1 |
Saint Sixtus of Reims (French: Sixte de Reims) (died c. 300) is considered the first bishop of Reims. According to Hincmar, a 9th-century archbishop of Reims, Sixtus was sent from Rome by Pope Sixtus II to Gaul to assist in Christianizing the region. Another tradition makes him, anachronistically, the disciple of Saint Peter. According to tradition, Sixtus of Reims, along with his companion St. Sinicius (Sinice), established the Christian sees of Reims and Soissons. Sinicius would later succeed Sixtus as bishop of Reims. According to one source, “it would appear that Sixtus did not die as a martyr, despite the severity of the persecution during the era.”
References
- ^ Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, Stephen Bunson, Our Sunday Visitor's encyclopedia of saints (Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2003), 762.
- "Histoire de l'Église de Reims". Retrieved November 1, 2011.
- ^ Clovis Poussin, Monographie de l'abbaye et de l'église de St.-Remi de Reims, précédée d'une notice sur le saint apôtre des Francs d'après Flodoard (Lemoine-Canart, 1857), 1-2.
- William M. Hinkle, The portal of the saints of Reims Cathedral: a study in mediaeval iconography. Volume 13 of Monographs on archaeology and fine arts (College Art Association of America in conjunction with the Art bulletin, 1965), 10.
- Alban Butler, The lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints, Volume 10. (Duffy, 1845), 10.