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Clement I
· 88 AD – 99 AD · 11 yrs · died
Wrote the letter everyone cites. Possibly drowned with an anchor.
Did
- Wrote 1 Clement to Corinth, the earliest Christian document outside the New Testament with a named author.
- Appears in Philippians 4:3, or someone with his name does.
Didn't
- Die the way the legend says, probably: the anchor martyrdom is a later addition.
From the record
Clement of Rome, also known as Pope Clement I, was the Bishop of Rome in the late first century. He is considered to be the first of the Apostolic Fathers of the Church.
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