Saint Clement I & Saint Columban & Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro

Lives of the Saints

by Alban Butler, Benziger Bros. edition

[1894]

November 23.—ST. CLEMENT OF ROME

1. CLEMENT is said to have been a convert of noble birth, and to have been consecrated bishop by St. Peter himself. With the words of the apostles still ringing in his ears, he began to rule the Church of God; and thus he was among the first, as he was among the most illustrious, in the long line of those who have held the place and power of Peter. He lived at the same time and in the same city with Domitian, the persecutor of the Church; and besides external foes he had to contend with schism and rebellion from within. The Corinthian Church was torn by intestine strife, and its members set the authority of their clergy at defiance. It was then that St. Clement interfered in the plenitude of his apostolic authority, and sent his famous epistle to the Corinthians. He urged the duties of charity, and above all of submission to the clergy.

He did not speak in vain; peace and order were restored. St. Clement had done his work on earth, and shortly after sealed with his blood the Faith which he had learned from Peter and taught to the nations.

Reflection.—God rewards a simple spirit of submission to the clergy, for the honor done to them is done to Him. Your virtue is unreal, your faith in danger, if you fail in this.

Saint Clement I, Pope and Martyr; Saint Columban, Abbot; Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Priest and Martyr] Rv 15:1-4/Lk 21:12-19 (505).

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*Saint Clement, by Tiepolo.
A Vision of the Trinity-by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Overview. This highly finished oil sketch relates to an altarpiece that Giovanni Battista Tiepolo painted for the chapel at the palace of Nymphenburg, outside Munich, in around 1735 (now in the Alte Pinakothek, Munich). Saint Clement kneels in the foreground, a vision of the Trinity above him. God the Father and Christ, who wears a shroud and holds the Cross, are seated on a cloud; the dove of the Holy Ghost hovers below.

Tiepolo was celebrated for his use of color and light. Here, swathes of bold primary colors mark the earthly, holy and celestial parts of the painting – the red of the carpet, the yellow gold of Saint Clement’s vestment and the blue of the angels’ draperies.
A pale light pours in through the classical arch in the background and a silvery cloud carries the holy figures upwards in a spiral of movement. The kneeling saint, too, appears to be moving upward, towards his vision.

**Clement of Rome (Latin: Clemens Romanus; Greek: Ancient Greek: Κλήμης Ῥώμης, romanized: Klēmēs Rōmēs; died 99) was a leader in the church of Rome in the late first century AD. He is listed by Irenaeus and Tertullian as the bishop of Rome, holding office from 88 AD to his death in 99 AD. In the Catholic Church, he is regarded as the fourth pope as Clement I. He is considered to be the first Apostolic Father of the Church, one of the three chief ones together with Polycarp and Ignatius of Antioch.

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