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Clement
French bishop and saint
SaintFull write-upAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 23 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
300
Died
300
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Metz in Gallia Belgica, now in France, commemoration of Saint Clement, held to be the first bishop of this city.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 23 November as the man held to be the first bishop of Metz.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 23 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q720076 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Clement of Metz (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.