Life and setting
Traditionally connected with the church at Rome near the end of the first century and remembered chiefly for 1 Clement, a lengthy letter from Rome to Corinth urging humility, order, repentance and peace.
Apostolic Fathers • Early Church
Clement of Rome
c. AD 35 – c. 99 • Bishop/elder associated with the Roman church
Why this person matters
1 Clement is one of the earliest Christian writings outside the New Testament and an important witness to post-apostolic church life and the use of Old Testament Scripture.
What should not be sanitized
Ancient traditions about Clement’s exact relationship to Peter and Paul and the details of his martyrdom are difficult to verify.