St Sinicus

Sinice in the chapelle de l'ancien séminaire at Reims.

Sinice of Reims or simply saint Sinice was a 3rd-century French saint is Bishop of Soissons.

As a priest, Sinice evangelized the regions of Soissons and Reims in the company of Sixtus who appoints him Bishop of Soissons. Sinice was Bishop of Reims following Sixtus, a position he held from 280 till 286AD.[1]

He was originally buried with Sixtus but was transferred in the 10th century, to the Church Saint-Rémi de Reims.[2] His Feast day is on 1 September in the company of Nivard and Sixtus.

References

  1. ↑ Introduction à l'histoire générale de la province de Picardie, par Pierre Nicolas Grenier,Charles Dufour,Jacques Garnier, Amiens, 1856.
  2. ↑ Saint-Remi de Reims, par Anne Prache, Droz, Genève, 1978.