St Clement I, Bishop & Martyr
Double · Red
Kept on November 23
The next eight years
Each date opens that day, with its hours.
Proper of the feast
Proper to the feast; texts marked Common are from the Common of a Bishop and Martyr. As said on Monday, November 23, 2026.
At I Vespers · Antiphon
Let us all pray * to our Lord Jesus Christ, that he would open a fountain for his Confessors.
Versicle at I Vespers Common
℣.Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour, O Lord.
℟.And madest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands.
At Lauds · Benedictus
When he had started going to the sea, * the people cried out with loud voices, O Lord Jesus Christ, save him: and Clement responded, weeping, Heavenly Father, receive my spirit.
Versicle at Lauds and II Vespers Common
℣.The righteous shall flourish like a palm-tree.
℟.And shall spread abroad like a cedar in Libanus.
At II Vespers · Magnificat
Let us all pray * to our Lord Jesus Christ, that he would open a fountain for his Confessors.
Collect
O God, who makest us glad by the yearly festival of blessed Clement, thy Martyr and Bishop: mercifully grant that we who honour his birthday may imitate his fortitude in suffering. Through thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, liveth and reigneth God, world without end.
℟.Amen.
The whole office: the hours of Monday, November 23, 2026