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Saint

Cilinia

Mother of Saint Remigius, Bishop of Reims, who reposed around 458.

Feast
October 21old style November 3
Reposed
4585th century
Place
Soissons

Life

Saint Cilinia was the mother of Saint Principius, bishop of Soissons, and of Saint Remigius, bishop of Reims, the apostle of the Franks. She reposed around 458 at Laon in Gaul. She is a saint of the undivided Church, known from the Western calendars. The sources consulted say nothing of her life beyond this link with her two sons.

She is commemorated on 21 October, the liturgical date in the Orthodox calendar (the same day number on the old and new calendars).

Commemorated the same day October 21