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ST CLEMENT I., POPE - 23 NOVEMBER

  ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN NOVEMBER Saints celebrated on the 23rd of November WELCOME! SAINT CLEMENT I., POPE (A.D. 100) Saint Clement, the son of Faustinus, a Roman by birth, was of Jewish extraction; for he tells us himself, that he was of the race of Jacob.  He was converted to the faith by St Peter or St Paul, and was so constant in his attendance on these apostles, and so active in assisting them in their ministry, that St Jerome and other fathers call him an apostolic man; St Clement of Alexandria styles him an apostle; and Rufinus, almost an apostle.  Some authors attribute his conversion to St Peter, whom he met at Caesarea with St Barnabas; but he attended St Paul at Philippi in 62, and shared in his sufferings there.  HE SHARED IN ST PAUL'S SUFFERINGS We are assured by St Chrysostom, that he was a companion of this latter, with SS. Luke and Timothy, in many of his apostolic journeys, labours, and dangers.  St Paul (Phil. 4:3) calls him his fellow-labou...