Clement I, Saint, Pope
Clement I, Saint, Pope
(Latin: clemens, merciful, mild)
Reigned c.88 to c.97. Born in Rome; died probably in exile, c.99. The first Apostolic Father , little is known of his life except that his “Epistle to the Corinthians” is authentic. The work remains today one of the valuable monuments of the sub-Apostolic age, and a strong proof for the primacy of the Catholic Church . His name occurs in the Canon of the Mass, and Origen and Jerome identify him with Paul’s fellow worker (Philip 4). Patron of marble workers, stone-cutters, and mariners. Feast , 23 November .