Clement of Rome

Also: Clement I, Clemens Romanus

Born: the year and the place are not known. Died by tradition between 100 and 101; the place is not known.

A leader of the church at Rome at the end of the first century. He wrote a long letter to the church at Corinth to end a quarrel there.

Wrote in Greek. A major author.

Places lived

92 to 101Roma (now Rome, Italy)bishopyears by tradition, place probableThe years are the ones Eusebius gives for his time as bishop. His letter is usually dated about 96.

1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.

First Epistle to the Corinthiansc. 96 · in Roma (now Rome, Italy) · letterA letter from the church of Rome that asks the church of Corinth to restore its removed leaders.13,305 words

Epistle of Clement to James false namethird or early fourth century · perhaps in Syria · letterA made-up letter at the front of the Clementine Homilies: Clement tells James that Peter made him bishop of Rome before he died.3,653 words

How we know the dates and places

Born not known: No ancient source gives a year. See Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd ed. rev. (2005), 'Clement of Rome'.
Place of birth not known: No ancient source names a place.
Died by tradition: Eusebius, Church History 3.34 (the third year of Trajan)
Place of death not known: No early source. A legend of the fourth century puts his death in the Crimea; historians do not accept it.
Roma, years by tradition: Irenaeus, Against Heresies 3.3.3; Eusebius, Church History 3.15 and 3.34
Roma, place probable: Irenaeus, Against Heresies 3.3.3; Eusebius, Church History 3.15 and 3.34