<P> Clovis is also significant due to his conversion to Christianity in 496 , largely at the behest of his wife , Clotilde , who would later be venerated as a saint for this act , celebrated today in both the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church . Clovis was baptized on Christmas Day in 508 . The adoption by Clovis of Catholicism ( as opposed to the Arianism of most other Germanic tribes ) led to widespread conversion among the Frankish peoples , to religious unification across what is now modern - day France , Belgium and Germany , and three centuries later to Charlemagne 's alliance with the Bishop of Rome and in the middle of the 10th century under Otto I the Great to the consequent birth of the early Holy Roman Empire . </P>
<P> Clovis is also significant due to his conversion to Christianity in 496 , largely at the behest of his wife , Clotilde , who would later be venerated as a saint for this act , celebrated today in both the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church . Clovis was baptized on Christmas Day in 508 . The adoption by Clovis of Catholicism ( as opposed to the Arianism of most other Germanic tribes ) led to widespread conversion among the Frankish peoples , to religious unification across what is now modern - day France , Belgium and Germany , and three centuries later to Charlemagne 's alliance with the Bishop of Rome and in the middle of the 10th century under Otto I the Great to the consequent birth of the early Holy Roman Empire . </P>
what led to the conversion of the franks to christianity
what led to the conversion of the franks to christianity
The adoption by Clovis of Catholicism
The adoption by Clovis of Catholicism