Pope and Martyr · Remembered on November 23
St. Clement of Rome
St. Clement of Rome is remembered on November 23 in Bless’s calendar of saints. Below: a short life and 2 sourced quotations in their own words.
| Remembered on | November 23 |
|---|---|
| Title | Pope and Martyr |
| Died | c. 99 |
| In their own words | 2 sourced quotations |
| Next on Bless’s Today screen | None left in the published calendar (through December 31, 2028) |
Life
Third successor of Peter at Rome, remembered by tradition as a fellow worker of Paul. When the church of Corinth deposed its clergy in a quarrel, Clement wrote them a letter — the oldest Christian document outside the New Testament.
It pleads for order, humility, and love, pointing to the phoenix and the apostles’ martyrdoms. Tradition holds he was drowned with an anchor about his neck.
In their own words
Each quotation names the work it comes from. Bless quotes these in the comments beside the verses listed under In Scripture.
Love unites us to God; love covers a multitude of sins; love bears all things, is long-suffering in all things. There is nothing base, nothing arrogant in love.
Let us fix our gaze on the blood of Christ and realize how precious it is to His Father, since it was poured out for our salvation and brought the grace of repentance to the whole world.
In Scripture
In Bless, St. Clement of Rome’s words appear in the comments beside these verses. This page’s labels say how each is linked: “on this verse” means the saint wrote about that very verse; “on this theme” means the quotation shares its theme. Scripture is quoted from the Catholic Public Domain Version.
On this theme
Charity is patient, is kind. Charity does not envy, does not act wrongly, is not inflated. Charity is not ambitious, does not seek for itself, is not provoked to anger, devises no evil. Charity does not rejoice over iniquity, but rejoices in truth. Charity suffers all, believes all, hopes all, endures all.
1 Corinthians 13:4–7 · CPDV Beside their words: “Love unites us to God; love covers a multitude of sins; love bears all things, is…”
On this theme
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the Holy Spirit has offered himself, immaculate, to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, in order to serve the living God?
Hebrews 9:14 · CPDV Beside their words: “Let us fix our gaze on the blood of Christ and realize how precious it is to His Father…”
On this theme
but it was with the precious blood of Christ, an immaculate and undefiled lamb,
1 Peter 1:19 · CPDV Beside their words: “Let us fix our gaze on the blood of Christ and realize how precious it is to His Father…”
On this theme
But, before all things, have a constant mutual charity among yourselves. For love covers a multitude of sins.
1 Peter 4:8 · CPDV Beside their words: “Love unites us to God; love covers a multitude of sins; love bears all things, is…”
In the calendar
The upcoming dates, through December 31, 2028, when Bless’s Today screen shows St. Clement of Rome. Where the US calendar keeps another celebration that day, it is named instead and no rank is given.
Readings
No dates are left in Bless’s published calendar, which runs through December 31, 2028. St. Clement of Rome keeps November 23 in Bless’s calendar of saints: see the saints of November.
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