Male name
When is Clement’s name day?
Κλήμης · Klimis
Main name day
Saints Clement of Ancyra and Agathangelus
The Greek name Κλήμης (Klimis) is celebrated on 23 January.
Also celebrated
The saints behind the name day
- Hieromartyr Clement of Ancyra and Martyr Agathangelus3rd–4th centuryClement, bishop of Ancyra and known for his care of orphans, and his disciple Agathangelus endured, according to tradition, many tortures during the persecutions and were beheaded in 312.Clement lost his father while still young and was raised as a Christian by his mother Euphrosyne. His learning, charity and other virtues led to his election as bishop of his native Ancyra.Read more
- Saint Clement of Rome, Hieromartyr1st centuryBishop of Rome in the late 1st century, to whom the First Epistle to the Corinthians is attributed, and who according to tradition was exiled to Chersonesus in Crimea and thrown into the sea tied to an anchor.Clement came from a Roman aristocratic family, the son of Faustus and Matthidia, and studied Greek learning. He met the Apostle Peter, was taught the faith by him, and became a zealous preacher of the Gospel; the only writing of his that survives with certainty is his letter to the church at Corinth.Read more
Variants and other forms
- In Latin letters
- Klimis, Klemis
- English equivalents
- Clement
- In Greek
- Κλήμης