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No, Clovis was a king of the Franks.
It's just Catholic, not Roman Catholic. Roman is an epithet first commonly used in England after the protestant revolt to describe the Catholic Church. It is never used by the official Catholic Church. . The baptism of Clovis was the birth of the nation we now call France, and indeed he was the first Catholic King in Gaul.
Clovis was the first important non-Roman king to convert to Christianity.
Clovis defeated Syagrius, the leader of the Roman domain of Soissons in at the Battle of Soissons in northern Gaul in 486 AD.
It's primary benefit - universality. Its rites, sacraments and doctrine are the same around the world.
The Catholic Church denies things that it hasn't done.
Clovis ruled Gaul, or what is now known as France. Clovis united all the small Frankish kingdoms, and most of what was once calledthe Roman Gaul. When he died, his kingdom was split in four and one piece given to each of his sons.
The Roman Catholic Church is a type of Christian Church.
indulgences...people having to buy their way into heaven or pergatory
Clovis is said to have been converted by his wife, Clotilde, who was Catholic. He is also said to have converted in thanks for having won the battle of Tolbiac. Of course, it is possible that both are true.
Charlemagne was a Roman Catholic Christian. His ancestor Clovis the Frank was the first frankish ruler to convert to Catholic Christianity which steered the course of his nation and their descendants to be a catholic nation. Charlemagne himself was also very religious and allied with the Catholic Church to create the Holy Roman Empire
Regardless of who they are marrying, Catholics are obligated by their religion to be married in a Catholic Church by a Catholic priest.