ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 13th of July WELCOME! SAINT ANACLETUS, POPE AND MARTYR ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Saint Anacletus governed the church after St Clement nine years and three months, according to the Liberian pontifical, and according to another very old Vatican manuscript register; but according to some later pontificals, twelve years and three months. He perhaps sat three years as vicar to St Clement during his banishment, says Berti. HE IS STYLED A MARTYR IN VERY ANCIENT MARTYROLOGIES Trajan raised the third persecution against the church whilst he was in the east in 107. In those difficult times St Anacletus suffered much, and is styled a martyr in very ancient martyrologies. THE EXACT NUMBER OF YEARS THAT SOME OF THE POPES SAT CANNOT BE DETERMINED WITH ANY DEGREE OF CERTAINTY Note 1. The exact number of years that some of the popes sat before Victor in the year 200, cannot be determined with any degree of certainty, ...