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  • St. Cletus [or Anacletus] is thought to have succeeded St. Linus in the See of Rome from ca. A.D.

    Saints of the Roman Canon - Part 1: The Communicantes 2009

  • At last, nearly thirty years after the apostle had died on the Janiculum, there was a bishop called Anacletus, who had been ordained priest by Saint Peter himself.

    Ave Roma Immortalis, Vol. 2 Studies from the Chronicles of Rome 1881

  • It also proves that Cletus and Anacletus were not reckoned among the bishops of Rome.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Anacletus often just "Cletus" was Bishop of Rome from AD 76-88, although there is some discrepancy about exactly when he reigned as pope.

    Archive 2007-11-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2007

  • Anacletus often just "Cletus" was Bishop of Rome from AD 76-88, although there is some discrepancy about exactly when he reigned as pope.

    My saintly patrons Fr Timothy Matkin 2007

  • Rheims, held in 992, the bishops availed themselves of the decretals of Anacletus, of Julius, of Damasus, and other popes, in the cause of Arnoul.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Roman bishops are in hopeless confusion, some making Clement the immediate successor of St. Peter, others placing Linus, and others still Linus and Anacletus, between him and the apostle.

    ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

  • Precipitated by the corrupt election of the (Cluniac) Cardinal Pierleone (son of a rich converted Jewish banker of Rome), as Anacletus II (1130–38), and the hostility of the rival houses of Corsi and Frangipani.

    1077, Jan 2001

  • Anacletus confirmed Roger II's title as king in return for his support.

    1077, Jan 2001

  • Anacletus; and after him, in the third place from the apostles, Clement was allotted the bishopric.

    ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

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