Matar Clovis, Clotilde, sarauniyar Burgundy, 'yar Katolika ce duk da Arianism da ke kewaye da ita a fadar. Ƙoƙarce-ƙoƙarcenta a ƙarshe ya rinjayi Clovis ya zama ɗan Katolika, wanda da farko ya ƙi. Clotilde ta so a yi wa ɗanta baftisma, amma Clovis ya ƙi, saboda haka ta sa aka yi wa yaron baftisma ba tare da sanin Clovis ba. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan baftismarsa, ɗansu ya mutu, abin da ya ƙara ƙarfafa ƙin tuba na Clovis. Clotilde ta kuma yi wa ɗansu na biyu baftisma ba tare da izinin mijinta ba, kuma wannan ɗansu ya yi ciwo kuma ya kusan mutuwa bayan baftismarsa. Clovis ya zama ɗan Katolika bayan Yaƙin Tolbiac
a ranar Kirsimeti 508 a cikin wani karamin coci a kusa da Abbey na Saint-Remi a Reims; ana iya ganin mutum-mutumi na baftismarsa ta Saint Remigius a can. Gregory na Tours ya ba da cikakkun bayanai game da wannan taron, wanda ya rubuta su shekaru da yawa daga baya a karni na 6.