Saint Clement of Alexandria

illustration of Saint Clement of Alexandria from Les vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres grecz, latins et payens (1584) by André Thevet; swiped from Wikimedia CommonsAlso known as

  • Titus Flavius Clemens

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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

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MLA Citation

  • “Saint Clement of Alexandria“. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 January 2023. Web. 28 April 2024. <>