8. Remi, singing Matins in the chapel of the Virgin, is assisted by St. Peter and St. Paul and blessed by Mary. Remi, blind, dictates his will in the presence of St. Génebaud and St. Médard. Remi recovers his sight, celebrates mass and gives the Communion to his clergy. Remi dies and four angels carry away his soul.
9. Remi's funeral; the procession goes towards the church of St. Timothy, where it is proposed to bury the saint, but in front of St. Christopher's, on the site of the present basilica, the saint, by making it impossible to lift his coffin, manifests his desire to be interred in this chapel. The saint's winding-sheet, carried in procession, dispels the plague that had been ravaging the city.
10. Angels transfer the relics of the saint to his mausoleum. A soldier who had tried to break in the door of the church, cannot withdraw his foot. Remi punishes the Bishop of Mayence, guilty of theft. Remi reveals himself with the Virgin and St. John. The Archbishop of Rheims, Robert de Lenoncourt, kneeling, presents the ten pieces of tapestry to the saint.
The latter tapestry was riddled with splinters (photo, p. [110]) during the bombardment of September 4, 1914.
The Treasure
This was kept in the sacristy, the 15th century carved wood doors of which have Flamboyant style frames.
Formerly the richest of all the church treasures of France, it was impoverished in the course of the centuries, through wars and revolutions.
The enamels by Landin of Limoges (1633), dedicated to the lives of St. Timothy and St. Remi, a 12th century abbot's crozier, reliquaries and sacerdotal ornaments are noteworthy.
The treasure was removed, together with the doors of the sacristy, by the Historical Monuments Department.