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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Klemes/Clement, bishop and martyr of Ancyra

Saint ID

S01353

Number in BH

BHG 352, 352d

Reported Death Not Before

312

Reported Death Not After

312

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops , Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02889The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 23 January *Klemes/Clement (bishop and martyr of Ancyra, S01353), 'Agathon' (probably Agathangelos, companion martyr of Klemes), and *Jude Thaddeus (the Apostle of Christ, S00792).
E02954The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 23 January, at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, *Klemes/Clement (bishop and martyr of Ancyra, S01353).
E04535Long and complex, but poorly spelt, Greek text roughly inscribed on all the faces of a limestone slate, invoking the help of a number of saints: a saint *Klemens (probably *Klemes/Clement of Alexandria, S02839), *Polykarpos (bishop and martyr of Smyrna, S00004), *Tryphon (martyr of Nicaea, S00439), *Kyprianos (probably the magician and martyr of Antioch, S01704), *Athanasios (probably Athanasios Pentaschoinitis, youth and miracle-worker in Cyprus, S02999, or the bishop of Alexandria, S00294), *Epiphanios (probably the bishop of Salamis, S00215), *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), and *George (soldier and martyr, S00259). Found at Lythrodontas near ancient Tamassos, Cyprus. Probably 5th or 6th c.
E04618The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 22 January.
E04620The 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 January.
E06709The Greek Martyrdom of *Klemes/Clement (bishop and martyr of Ancyra, S01353) and his companion Agathangelos. Skeleton entry