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Pope Saint Anacletus (very rarely written as Anencletus), probably identical with Pope Cletus, was the third Roman pope (after St. Peter and St. Linus).
The 14 February 1961 Instruction of the Congregation for Rites on the application to local calendars of Pope John XXIII's motu proprio Rubricarum instructum of 25 July 1960 decreed that "the feast of Saint Anacletus, on whatever ground and in whatever grade it is celebrated, is transferred to 26 April, under its right name, Saint Cletus". And the Roman Martyrology mentions the Pope in question only under the name of Cletus.[1] The Annuario Pontificio gives both forms, as alternatives. Eusebius, Irenaeus, Augustine and Optatus all suggest that both names refer to the same individual. On the other hand, the Liberian Catalogue and the Liber Pontificalis both state that Anacletus and Cletus are different persons.
His name, which is Greek, signifies, if "Cletus", one who has been "called"; if it is "Anacletus", one who has been "called back".
He is traditionally said to have been a Roman, and to have been pope for twelve years. The Annuario Pontificio, which states: "For the first two centuries, the dates of the start and the conclusion of the pontificates are uncertain", gives 80-92 as the dates for Pope Cletus/Anacletus. Some others give 77-88.
Tradition has it that he divided Rome into 25 parishes. One of the few surviving records concerning Anacletus' papacy mentions him as having ordained an uncertain number of priests.[2]
He was buried next to his predecessor, Pope Linus, in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican.[3] His name (as Cletus) is included in the Roman Canon of the Mass, and he is venerated as a saint with a feast day of 26 April, also under the name Cletus. Until the revision of the Roman Catholic calendar of saints by Pope John XXIII,[4] he was venerated under the name Anacletus, on 13 July.[5]
References
Sources
- Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. ISBN 0-140-51312-4.
- Richard P. McBrien, Lives of the Popes (Harper, 2000). ISBN 0-06-065304-3
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