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11th-century fresco in the Basilica of San Clemente, Rome: Saints Cyril and Methodius bring Saint Clement's relics to Rome. The Liber Pontificalis [20] presents a list that makes Linus the second in the line of bishops of Rome, with Peter as first; but at the same time it states that Peter ordained two bishops, Linus and Anacletus, for the priestly service of the community, devoting himself ...
Saint Clement's Day was [when?] traditionally, and in some places [where?] still [when?] is, celebrated on 23 November, a festival between Halloween and Christmas. Pope Clement I is the patron saint of metalworkers and blacksmiths , and so these workers traditionally enjoyed a holiday on his feast day .
A collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II), to an alleged beating by a jealous husband (Pope John XII). A number of other popes have died under circumstances that some believe to be murder, but for which definitive evidence has not been found. Martyr popes This list is incomplete ; you ...
Feast day (Feast of Saints Peter and Paul) 29 June. The Catholic Church recognizes him as the first Bishop of Rome appointed by Christ, and therefore the first pope. Also revered as saint in Eastern Christianity, with a feast day of 29 June. [6] St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City is named after him. 2 c. 64 – c. 76 (?) (11–12 years) St ...
Pope Francis presides over a mass for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at St Peter's basilica in The Vatican, on December 12, 2024 (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP) (Photo by TIZIANA FABI/AFP via ...
Pope Linus (/ ˈ l aɪ n ə s / ⓘ, Greek: Λῖνος, Linos; died c. AD 80) was the bishop of Rome from c. AD 68 to his death. He is generally regarded as the second Bishop of Rome, after St. Peter. As with all the early popes, he was canonized. According to Irenaeus, Linus is the same person as the one mentioned in the New Testament. [1]
Clement of Rome or Pope Clement I (died c. 98) Saint Clement's Day; Clement of Metz (fl. 4th century), first bishop of Metz; Clement of Alexandria (c. 150 – c. 215), Christian theologian and philosopher; Clement of Ireland (born c. 750), active in the Paris Schools; Clement of Ohrid (c. 840–916), scholar, writer and enlightener of the Slavs
The ranking of feast days that had grown from an original division between doubles and simples [4] and that by the time of the Tridentine calendar included semidoubles, with Pope Clement VIII adding in 1604 to the distinction between first and second class doubles the new rank of greater double, was in until 1955, when Pope Pius XII abolished the rank of semidouble.