Saint Clement of Alexandria

Also known as

• Titus Flavius Clemens

Memorial

• 4 December

Profile

Teacher at the Catechetical School in Alexandria, Egypt. He trained the famous theologian and teacher Origen. Writer and confessor of the faith. During the persecutions of 202, Clement fled to Caesarea, Cappadocia where he governed the diocese during the imprisonment of his student, Bishop Alexander.

Born

• probably at Athens, Greece, as Titus Flavius Clemens

Died

• 217 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic News Agency
• Catholic Online
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, 18 April 2007

MLA Citation

• “Saint Clement of Alexandria“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 January 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>