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  • St Clement, Pope, Martyr A.D. 100

    11/24/2002 5:29:49 PM PST · by Lady In Blue · 15 replies · 151+ views
    EWTN ^ | 00/00/00 | Rev Alban Butler-Lives of the Fathers,Martyrs
    ST CLEMENT, POPE, MARTYR (A.D. 100) Feast: November 23 [See Tillemont, t. ii. p. 162; Ceillier, Wake, Pagi ad an. 100, n. 2. Schelstrate, Ant. Illustr. Diss. 3, c. 2, p. 340. Adnotatores in Anast. Bibl. t. ii. p. 55, ed. an. 1723. Orsi, t. i. lib. ii.] St Clement, the son of Faustinus, a Roman by birth, was of Jewish extraction; for he tells us himself that he was of the race of Jacob. He was converted to the faith by St. Peter or St. Paul, and was so constant in his attendance on these apostles, and so...