St Clement of Rome
For a long time I have been thinking to post here a bit I know about this illustrious saint who was the fourth (or third, according to some sources) pope of Rome. Some time ago Mag posted on the...
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Thank you, dear Nana. It is so nice to see you again with your bracing spirit.His holiness Pope Benedict XVI for several years of his pontificate in his general audiences sistematically gave lessons...
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From Google.Mosaic from 12th c. Christ the Lamb, flanked by 12 apostles as lambs.
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Was St. Clemente de Roma the third or the fourth Pope? I thought that he was the third but there is also information pointing him as the fourth.
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Nana, the evidence you have in mind differs from the most ancient times. The three successors of Saint Peter lived in the 1st century and the oldest known writers to mention them, one of whom but not...
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Thanks Nad. Well, at least we know that he is the only of the popes named Clement that is a saint.
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Source: Johnsanidopoulos.comA fresco depicting the Translation of the Relics of Saint Clement from Vatican to the Basilica dedicated to him with hymns being sung and incense. The event took place in...
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One of Rome's most famous underground sites is under the church, San Clemente. San Clemente is about halfway between the Colosseum and the basilica called Saint John in Lateran. In 1857, the Domincan...
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During the second century AD, the land on which the church now stands was occupied by a Roman mansion owned by Titus Flavius Clemens, one of the first Roman senators to convert to Christianity. The...
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Lonely Planet review This fascinating basilica provides a vivid glimpse into Rome's multilayered past: a 12th-century basilica built over a 4th-century church, which stands over a 2nd-century pagan...
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