Solemnis of Chartres

Saint Solemnis of Chartres (Solène) was a bishop of Chartres in Gaul. By some sources he served from 490 to 511, by others he was made bishop in 483 and died around 533.

He split off part of the diocese of Chartres to create that of Châteaudun and made his brother Aventinus its first bishop. With Saints Vedast and Remigius he was among those who contributed to the conversion of King Clovis; he assisted Remigius at the king's baptism in 499 and became his catechist. He died at Maillé, now Luynes. He is commemorated on 25 September, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.