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Eusebius: Ecclesiastical History, Books I–X

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Book III — Chapter XV — Clement, the Third Bishop of Rome.

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Chapter XV.—Clement, the Third Bishop of Rome.

In the twelfth year of the same reign Clement succeeded Anencletus [1] after the latter had been bishop of the church of Rome for twelve years. The apostle in his Epistle to the Philippians informs us that this Clement was his fellow-worker. His words are as follows: [2] “With Clement and the rest of my fellow-laborers whose names are in the book of life.”