--- title: "St. Clement of Rome: Feast Day November 23, Life & Quotes" url: https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clement-of-rome/ description: "St. Clement of Rome, Pope and Martyr. Remembered on November 23, died c. 99. Read their life and their own words, with sources." --- 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](https://blessbible.app/saints/november/#23) | | Title | Pope and Martyr | | Died | c. 99 | | In their own words | [2 sourced quotations](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clement-of-rome/#words) | | Next on Bless’s Today screen | [Monday, November 23, 2026](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clement-of-rome/#calendar) | ## 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](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clement-of-rome/#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. — *Letter to the Corinthians, 49*, c. 96 > 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. — *Letter to the Corinthians, 7*, c. 96 ## 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. 1. 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](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-corinthians/13/#v4) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Love unites us to God; love covers a multitude of sins; love bears all things, is…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clement-of-rome/#q171) 2. 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](https://blessbible.app/bible/hebrews/9/#v14) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Let us fix our gaze on the blood of Christ and realize how precious it is to His Father…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clement-of-rome/#q172) 3. On this theme > but it was with the precious blood of Christ, an immaculate and undefiled lamb, — [1 Peter 1:19](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-peter/1/#v19) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Let us fix our gaze on the blood of Christ and realize how precious it is to His Father…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clement-of-rome/#q172) 4. 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](https://blessbible.app/bible/1-peter/4/#v8) · CPDV Beside their words: [“Love unites us to God; love covers a multitude of sins; love bears all things, is…”](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clement-of-rome/#q171) ## 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. | Date | In the US calendar | Color | Mass readings (US) | |---|---|---|---| | [Monday, November 23, 2026](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2026/11/23/) | Monday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Revelation 14:1-3, 4b-5 · Psalm 24:1bc-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 · Matthew 24:42a, 44 · Luke 21:1-4 | | [Tuesday, November 23, 2027](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2027/11/23/) | Tuesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time | Green | Daniel 2:31-45 · Daniel 3:57, 58, 59, 60, 61 · Revelation 2:10c · Luke 21:5-11 | | [Thursday, November 23, 2028](https://blessbible.app/calendar/2028/11/23/) | Thanksgiving Day | Green | Revelation 5:1-10 · Psalm 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6b, 9b · Psalm 95:8 · Luke 19:41-44 | Readings Reading citations through May 31, 2027 are as published in the USCCB liturgical calendar. Later citations were computed by Bless from the US Lectionary cycle — confirm with your parish. [November 22 St. Cecilia](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-cecilia/) [November 24 Sts. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions](https://blessbible.app/saints/sts-andrew-dung-lac-and-companions/) [All the saints of November](https://blessbible.app/saints/november/) [Born on November 23?](https://blessbible.app/saints/birthday/#11-23) [A saint for every day](https://blessbible.app/saints/) Spotted a mistake in a date, a patronage or a quotation? [Report an error](https://blessbible.app/support/#report) and we’ll fix it in the app and here. St. Clement of Rome Remembered on November 23 On this page 1. [Life](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clement-of-rome/#life) 2. [In their own words](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clement-of-rome/#words) 3. [In Scripture](https://blessbible.app/saints/st-clement-of-rome/#scripture) 4. 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