Around 100 A.D., the emperor Trajan banished the fourth pope, St. Clement, to the Crimea. When the pope converted the people there, Trajan ordered that Clement be tied to an iron anchor and drowned.

Clement probably was made a bishop by Saint Peter himself and became the fourth Bishop of Rome after Linus and Cletus. He was the first after Saint Peter to leave a written record.

The details are hazy—Clement I served as Pontiff either from 88 to 97 C.E., or from 92 to 101 C.E. Legend has it that he was banished from Rome by the emperor Trajan and sent to work in a stone ...

A BONE fragment of historic pope St Clement who died nearly 2,000 years ago has been discovered in a rubbish bin in London. By Latifa Yedroudj 21:22, Thu, May 3, 2018 | UPDATED: 21:58, Thu, May 3 ...