There have been fourteen popes named Clement.
- Pope Clement I saint, (88–98)
- Pope Clement II (1046–1047)
- Pope Clement III (1187–1191)
- Pope Clement IV (1265–1268)
- Pope Clement V (1305–1314) — memorable for suppressing the Knights Templar, and moving papacy to Avignon
- Pope Clement VI (1342–1352) — known for being the Pope during the Black Death
- Pope Clement VII (1523–1534) — refused to annul the marriage of Henry VIII, thus prompting the English Reformation
- Pope Clement VIII (1592–1605)
- Pope Clement IX (1667–1669)
- Pope Clement X (1670–1676)
- Pope Clement XI (1700–1721)
- Pope Clement XII (1730–1740)
- Pope Clement XIII (1758–1769)
- Pope Clement XIV (1769–1774)
There have also been two antipopes named Clement.
- Antipope Clement III (1080–1085)
- Antipope Clement VII (1378–1394) First Avignon Pope
Famous quotes containing the words pope and/or clement:
“Let Sporus tremble—‘What? That thing of silk,
Sporus, that mere white curd of ass’s milk?
Satire or sense, alas, can Sporus feel,
Who breaks a butterfly upon a wheel?’
Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings,
This painted child of dirt, that stinks and stings;
Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys,
Yet wit ne’er tastes, and beauty ne’er enjoys:”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Clinging close with the crush of the Python,
When she maketh her murderous meal!”
—Arthur Clement Hilton (1851–1877)