his edition (1833-1839) of _Don Quixote_. Its merits were
recognized by his appointment as royal librarian, but he did not long
enjoy his triumph: he died on the 30th of July 1834. His commentary on
_Don Quixote_ owes something to John Bowle, and is disfigured by a
patronizing, carping spirit; nevertheless it is the most valuable work
of its kind, and is still unsuperseded. Clemencin is also the author of
an interesting _Elogio de la reina Isabel la Catolica_, published as the
sixth volume of the _Memorias_ of the Spanish Academy of History, to
which body he was elected on the 12th of September 1800.

CLEMENT (Lat. _Clemens_, i.e. merciful; Gr. [Greek: Klemes]), the name
of fourteen popes and two anti-popes.

CLEMENT I., generally known as Clement of Rome, or CLEMENS ROMANUS
(flor. c. A.D. 96), was one of the "Apostolic Fathers," and in the lists
of bishops of Rome is given the third or fourth place--Peter, Linus,
(Anencletus), Clement. There is no ground for identifying him with the
Clement of Phil. iv. 3. He may have been a freedman of T. Flavius
Clemens, who was consul with his cousin, the Emperor Domitian, in A.D.
95. A 9th-century tradition says he was martyred in the Crimea in 102;
earlier authorities say he died a natural death; he is commemorated on
the 23rd of November.

In _The Shepherd of Hermas_ (q.v.) (Vis. 11. iv. 3) mention is made of
one Clement whose office it is to communicate with other churches, and
this function agrees well with what we find in the letter to the church
at Corinth by which Clement is best known. Whilst being on our guard
against reading later ideas into the title "bishop" as applied to
Clement, there is no reason to doubt that he was one of the chief
personalities in the Christian community at Rome, where since the time
of Paul the separate house congregations (Rom. xvi.) had been united
into one church officered by presbyters and deacons (Clem. 40-42). The
letter in question was occasioned by a dispute in the church of Corinth,
which had led to the ejection of several presbyters from their office.
It does not contain Clement's name, but is addressed by "the Church of
God which sojourneth in Rome to the Church of God which sojourneth in
Corinth." But there is no reason for doubting the universal tradition
which ascribes it to Clement, or the generally accepted date, c. A.D.
96. No claim is made by the Roman Church to interfere on any ground of
superior rank; yet it is note