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ST/JD/71

Clement the Martyr

Gender
Male
Floruit (period)
None
Floruit date range
? - 100
Description
Martyr, and fourth bishop of Rome. Famous for his Epistle to the Corinthians. The relics of St Clement were translated to Rome c. 868. He is said to have been martyred by being thrown into the sea with an anchor round his neck. [ODS, 110-11.]
Categories
major type minor type confidence notes
None Martyr 100 None
None Pope 100 None
ethnicity
ethnicity description confidence notes
no ethnicity available
feast days
month day fixed? description notes
11 23 yes St Clement None
symbolic attributes
attribute notes
Anchor None
specialist associations
association notes
no specialist associations