Sixtus of Reims

Sixtus of Reims is regarded as the first bishop of Reims, around 290 to 300. According to Hincmar, the ninth-⁠century archbishop of Reims, he was sent from Rome by Pope Sixtus II to help Christianize Gaul; another, anachronistic tradition makes him a disciple of Saint Peter. According to tradition, with his companion Sinicius he established the sees of Reims and Soissons. Sinicius succeeded him at Reims. He does not appear to have died as a martyr. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.

His commemoration falls on 1 September (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 14 September of the civil calendar.