Saint Remigius Church in the context of "Simpelveld"

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⭐ Core Definition: Saint Remigius Church

The Saint Remigius Church (Dutch: Sint-Remigiuskerk) is a Roman Catholic church building in Simpelveld, The Netherlands. It is a neoroman cross shaped church with three naves, a tower with a waisted top, and a round apse. It is completely made up out of Kunradersteen, a local variant of chalk. The building is used as parish church for the local Saint Remigius parish. Patron saint for the church is Saint Remigius. Due to the inventory of the church, it has been listed as a rijksmonument, making it a national heritage site of the Netherlands.

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Saint Remigius Church in the context of Saint Remy

Remigius (French: Remy or Rémi; c. 437 – 13 January 533) was the Bishop of Reims and "Apostle of the Franks". On 25 December 496, he baptised Clovis I, King of the Franks. The baptism, leading to about 3000 additional converts, was an important event in the Christianization of the Franks. Because of Clovis's efforts, a large number of churches were established in the formerly pagan lands of the Frankish empire, establishing a Nicene Christianity for the first time in Germanic lands, most of whom had been converted to Arian Christianity.

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← Saint Remy ← Saint Remigius
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Dutch language → Roman Catholic → Church (building) → Simpelveld → Netherlands → Neo-romanticism → Nave → Apse → Chalk → Parish (Catholic Church) → Patron saint → Saint Remigius → Rijksmonument → National heritage site →