E00268: The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Clemens (bishop of Rome, martyr of the Crimea, S00111), tells how he made church notaries record the acts of the martyrs of Rome, himself died a martyr in Greece, and was buried there on 24 November [AD 100].

Liber Pontificalis 4

First edition (as reconstructed by Duchesne)

Clemens, natione Romanus, de regione Celiomonte, ex patre Faustino, sedit ann. VIIII m. II d. X. Fuit autem temporibus Galbae et Vespasiani, a consulatu Tragali et Italici, usque ad Vespasiano VIIII et Tito. Martyrio coronatur. Hic fecit VII regiones et dividit notariis fidelibus ecclesiae, qui gestas martyrum sollicite et curiose, unusquisque per regionem suam, diligenter perquireret ... Obiit martyr III Traiani. Qui sepultus est in Grecias VIIII kal. decemb.

'Clemens, born in Rome, from the region of the Caelian Hill, son of Faustinus, held the see 9 years, 2 months, 10 days. He was bishop in the time of Galba and Vespasian from the consulship of Tragalus and Italicus [AD 68] to the ninth consulship of Vespasian and the first consulship of Titus [AD 79]. He was crowned with martyrdom. He created the seven regions, dividing them among notaries faithful to the church so that each of them in his own region could concern himself with careful and diligent investigation into the acts of the martyrs (gestae martyrum) … He died a martyr in the third [year] of Trajan [AD 100]. He was buried in Greece on the ninth day before the Kalends of December [23 November].'


Second edition

Clemens, natione Romanus, de regione Celiomonte, ex patre Faustino, sedit ann. VIIII mens. II dies X. Fuit autem temporibus Galbe et Vespasiani, a consulatu Tragali et Italici usque ad Vespasiano VIIII et Tito ... Martyrio coronatur. Hic fecit VII regiones, dividit notariis fidelibus ecclesiae, qui gestas martyrum sollicite et curiose, unusquisque per regionem suam, diligenter perquireret ... Obiit martyr Traiano III. Qui etiam sepultus est in Grecias VIII kl. decemb.

'Clemens, born in Rome, from the region of the Caelian Hill, son of Faustinus, held the see 9 years, 2 months, 10 days. He was bishop in the time of Galba and Vespasian from the consulship of Trachalus and Italicus [AD 68] … He was crowned with martyrdom. He created the seven regions, dividing them among notaries faithful to the church so that each of them in his own region could concern himself with careful and diligent investigation into the acts of the martyrs … He died a martyr in the third [year] of Trajan [100]. He was buried in Greece on the eighth day before the Kalends of December [24 November].'


Text: Duchesne 1886, 53 and 123. Translation: Davis 2010, 2-3, lightly modified.