Sinicius

Holy Hierarch Sinicius was bishop of Soissons and then of Reims, in the second half of the third century.

At first a simple priest, he came to evangelize the regions of Soissons and Reims together with Sixtus. The latter appointed him bishop of Soissons. After the death of Sixtus, Sinicius became bishop of Reims in his turn, around the year 280, and reposed in 286. He was buried beside Sixtus, and in the tenth century the remains of both were moved to the church of Saint-⁠Remi at Reims.

His commemoration is kept on 1 September, together with Nivard and Sixtus, in the Western calendar. He is a saint of the undivided Church, honoured locally, without synodal canonization.