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King Clovis I is baptized a Roman Catholic in Reims cathedral - first Germanic king to do so, according to Henry of Tour

King Clovis I is baptized a Roman Catholic in Reims cathedral - first Germanic king to do so, according to Henry of Tours (year disputed)

King Clovis I is baptized a Roman Catholic in Reims cathedral - first Germanic king to do so, according to Henry of Tours (year disputed)

Events Before

  1. New Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I Dicorus marries Ariadne, widow of previous Emperor Zeno and daughter of Leo I

    New Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I Dicorus marries Ariadne, widow of previous Emperor Zeno and daughter of Leo I

  2. Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, as Anastasius I - often called the first Byzantine Emperor

    Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, as Anastasius I - often called the first Byzantine Emperor

  3. Gelasius I elected Catholic Pope; in office until his death in 496

    Gelasius I elected Catholic Pope; in office until his death in 496

  4. Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker

    Ostrogoten King Theodorik the Great beats Odoaker

  5. King of the Ostrogoths, Theodoric the Great, murders King Odoacer of Italy with his sword at a banquet in Ravenna

    Odoacer (433 – 15 March 493 AD), also spelled Odovacer or Odovacar, was a barbarian soldier and statesman from the Middle Danube who was an officer of the Roman army and deposed the Western Roman...

Events After

  1. St. Symmachus begins his reign as Pope, replacing Anastasius II

    St. Symmachus begins his reign as Pope, replacing Anastasius II

  2. King Gundobar of Burgundy delegates royal power

    King Gundobar of Burgundy delegates royal power

  3. The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic King Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending t

    The Synodus Palmaris, called by Gothic King Theodoric the Great, discharges Pope Symmachus of all charges, thus ending the schism of Antipope Laurentius

  4. Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, promulgates the Lex Romania Visigothorum (or Breviary of Alaric), a collection of Roma

    Alaric II, King of the Visigoths, promulgates the Lex Romania Visigothorum (or Breviary of Alaric), a collection of Roman law

  5. 35 bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde, shedding light on the moral conditions of the clergy and lait

    35 bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde, shedding light on the moral conditions of the clergy and laity in southern France

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