St Remy 5th Century (Latin Remegius)

 

Feastday 1st October                                              

Born 438                                

Died 533

 

Known as Apostle of Franks. Born to French – Roman nobility the son of Emilius, Count of Laon and of St. Celina. A speaker noted for his eloquence, he was selected bishop of  Reims at 22 while still a layman, and served his diocese for 74 years. Evangelised throughout Gaul working with St. Vaast. Converted and baptized Clovis, King of Franks. Blind at the time of his death.

 

“He shall reign over the entire ancient Roman Empire….” 1

 

“At the end of his most glorious reign, he shall go to Jerusalem, and shall lay down his Crown and Sceptre on the Mount of Olives…” 2

 

“Take notice that the Kingdom of France is predestined by God for the defence of the Roman Church, which is the only true Church of Christ. This kingdom shall one day be great among the kingdoms of the earth, and shall embrace all the limits of the Roman Empire, and shall submit all other kingdoms to its own sceptre. It shall last until the end of time. It shall be victorious and prosperous as long as it will remain faithful to the Holy roman See, and will not be guilty of those crimes which ruin nations; but will be rudely punished every time it will become unfaithful to its vocation….” 3

                                                                       

References

1. Yves Dupont More about the Great Monarch (and the glorious age of peace to come under the reign of the great monarch) World Trends #41, August, 1974

2. ibid

3. Desmond A. Birch Trial Tribulation and Triumph: Before, During and After Antichrist, (Queenship Publishing. 1996) p