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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Cletus/Anecletus, bishop and martyr of Rome

Saint ID

S00048

Gender
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00058The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Cletus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00048), tells how he suffered martyrdom, and was buried in Rome close to the body of Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on 26 April [AD 83/85].
E05062The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 23 December.
E05069The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 30 December.