According to the history recorded in the sixth century C.E. by Gregory of Tours, it was in 496 C.E., during the battle of Tolbiac (Zülpich, Germany) against the tribe of the Alemanni, that Clovis promised to abandon paganism if Clotilda’s God would grant him victory.
क्लोव्हिसचे सैन्य पराजित होण्याच्या बेतात असताना अलेमान्‍नी राजा ठार मारला गेला आणि त्याच्या सैन्याने शरणागती पत्करली.