Also known as

• Clement of Rome
• Clemens Romanus

Memorial

• 23 November
• 4 January, 22 April, 10 September, 25 November on various calendars in the East

Profile

One of the Seventy Apostles. Consecrated by Saint Peter the Apostle. Mentioned in Philippians 4:3. Fourth Pope. Apostolic Father. The Basilica of Saint Clement in Rome, Italy, one of the earliest parish churches in the city, is probably built on the site of Clement’s home. Author of the Epistle to the Corinthians. His name occurs in the Canon of the Mass. Origen and Saint Jerome identify him as working with Saint Paul the Apostle. Martyred in the persecutions of Trajan.

Born

• Rome, Italy

Papal Ascension

• c.88

Died

• martyred c.101

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• boatmen
• Dundee, Scotland
• marble workers
• mariners
• sailors
• sick children
• stonecutters
• Velletri, Italy
• watermen

Representation

• anchor (miraculously freed when cast into the sea with an anchor bound to him)

Writings

• First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Google Directory
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

Readings

Charity unites us to God. There is nothing mean in charity, nothing arrogant. Charity knows no schism, does not rebel, does all things in concord. In charity all the elect of God have been made perfect. - Pope Saint Clement I

It was through jealousy and envy that the greatest and most upright pillars of the Church were persecuted and struggled unto death. Let us set before our eyes the good apostles. First of all, Peter, who because of unreasonable jealousy, suffered not merely once or twice but many times, and, having thus given his witness, went to the place of glory that he deserved. It was through jealousy and conflict that Paul showed the way to the prize for perseverance. He was put in chains seven times, sent into exile, and stoned; a herald both in the east and the west, he achieved a noble fame by his faith. He taught justice to all the world and, when he had reached the limits of the western world, he gave his witness before those in authority; then he left this world and was taken up into the holy place, a superb example of endurance. Around these men with their holy lives there gathered a great throng of the elect, who, though victims of jealousy, gave us the finest example of endurance in the mist of many indignities and tortures. We are writing this, beloved, not only for your admonition but also as a reminder to ourselves; for we are placed in the same arena, and the same contest lies before us. Hence we ought to put aside vain and useless concerns and should consider what is good, pleasing and acceptable in the sight of him who made us. Let us fix our gaze on the blood of Christ, realizing how precious it is to his Father, since it was shed for our salvation and brought the grace of repentance to all the world. - from a letter to the Corinthians by Pope Saint Clement I

MLA Citation

• “Pope Saint Clement I”. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 November 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/pope-saint-clement-i/>