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Clement, Consul

CLEMENTE, CONSOLE

By Cesario van Hulst

Feast day: 22 June

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Flavius Clemens, Saint, Martyr redirects here.

Also known as: Flavius Clemens; Latin: Titus Flavius Clemens

CLEMENTE, CONSOLE. - Titus Flavius C., consul in the year 95, cousin of the emperor Domitian and husband of Flavia Domitilla, a man of "most despicable indolence" according to Suetonius, accused of atheism according to Cassius Dio, was condemned to death in the same year as his consulate. It is generally held that he was killed because of his Christianity, given the nature of the accusations.

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BIBL.: Suetonius, Domitianus, 15, 1; Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, LXVII, 14; P. Allard, Storia critica delle persecuzioni, I, Italian trans. E. Lari, 2nd ed., Florence [1931], pp. 92-97; Fliche-Martin-Fruta, I, 2nd ed. (1942), nos. 240-41, 367.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 1808.

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van, Hulst Cesario. “Clemente, console.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1808. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/clemente-console.

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van, Hulst Cesario. “Clemente, console.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1808. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/clemente-console.

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@incollection{ec3_clemente_console,
  author    = {van, Hulst Cesario},
  title     = {Clemente, console},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1808},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/clemente-console}
}

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