Basilica of San Clemente
95 Via Labicana Roma
Home of Saint Clement
An early 12th Century church that was built over a pre-existing 4th Century church and a previous pagan temple, the Basilica of San Clemente is dedicated to the fourth pontiff, Pope St. Clement I, who was martyred in Crimea and whose relics have been placed under the main altar.
Every November 23, on the feast day of St. Clement, the Irish Dominicans, custodians of Rome’s Basilica of St. Clement, make a procession with the saint’s relics through the surrounding neighborhood.
The procession recalls the transfer of the relics of Saint Clement from Crimea to Rome by the brother-Saints Cyril and Methodius in the year 868. The relics were enshrined here in the Basilica, held to be erected over the house of St. Clement in Rome.
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