The most remarkable Event that happened in the Pontificate of _Clement_, was the Persecution of _Domitian_; but what Part he bore in it we can learn from no credible Author. [Sidenote: Clement _dies._] He died, according to _Eusebius_[125], in the Third Year of _Trajan_’s Reign, that is, in the 100th of the Christian Æra. In the Canon of the Mass he has a Place, with his Two Predecessors, among the Martyrs; but _Telesphorus_, the Seventh Bishop of _Rome_, is the first, as I have observed above, who was acknowleged as such by _Irenæus_, whose Authority is of far greater Weight than that of _Ruffinus_, or Pope _Zosimus_, who suppose him to have died for the Confession of the Faith[126]. [Sidenote: _His fabulous Acts._] In the Acts of _Clement_, to which _Gregory_ of _Tours_ gave an intire Credit[127], and after him many others, especially the Two credulous Annalists, _Baronius_[128], and _Alford_[129] in his Annals of the _British_ Church, we read, that _Clement_ was banished, by _Trajan_, into the _Chersonesus_, beyond the _Euxine_ Sea; that there he caused a Fountain to spring up miraculously, for the Relief of the Christians confined to the same unhospitable Region; that he converted the whole Country to the Faith, which provoked the Emperor to such a degree, that he ordered him to be thrown into the Sea, with an Anchor fastened to his Neck. It is added, that, on the Anniversary of his Death, the Sea retired to the Place where he had been drowned, though Three long Miles from the Shore; that upon its retiring, there appeared a most magnificent Temple, all of the finest Marble; and in the Temple a stately Monument, in which was found the Body of the Saint; that the Sea continued thus retiring every Year on the same Day, not daring, for the Space of Seven Days, to return to its usual Bounds, that the Christians might, at their Leisure, and without Apprehension of Danger, perform their Devotions in Honour of the Saint. [Sidenote: _The Miracles he wrought, unknown to_ Irenæus.] To crown the Whole, they add, that, one Year, a Mother having heedlessly left her young Child in the Temple, upon her Return, next Year, she found it not only alive, but in perfect Health[130]. No Mention is made of such stupendous Miracles by _Irenæus_, who was brought up under _Polycarp_, Bishop of _Smyrna_, in _Asia_, at the very Time _Clement_ is supposed to have suffered, and who speaks of him at Length. His Silence is a plain Demonstration, that they were unknown to him; and they must have been known, had they been true. [Sidenote: _Other Writings ascribed to_ Clement. _A second Letter to the_ Corinthians. _Five other Letters._]