<diacritize> In the run - up to the 1996 commemoration , the archbishop of Reims , Gerard Defois , described Clovis as the symbol of a well - thought - out and responsible conversion . <yor>In the run - up to the 1996 commemoration , the archbishop of Reims , Gérard Defois , described Clovis as the symbol of a well - thought - out and responsible conversion . 