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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
February 14,
1961 Instruction of the Congregation for Rites on the application to local calendars of
Pope John XXIII's
motu proprio Rubricarum instructum of
July 25,
1960 decreed that "the feast of
"Saint Anacletus", on whatever ground and in whatever grade it's celebrated, is transferred to
April 26, under its right name,
Saint Cletus". The
Roman Martyrology mentions the Pope in question only under the name of
"Cletus". The
Annuario Pontificio gives both forms, as alternatives.
Eusebius,
Saint Irenaeus,
Saint 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's "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.
He was buried next to his predecessor,
Saint Linus, in
St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. His name (as Cletus) is included in the
Roman Canon of the
Mass, and he's
commemorated along with
Saint Marcellinus on
April 26, the
feast day called
"Saints Cletus and Marcellinus, Popes and Martyrs". Until the revision of the
Roman Catholic calendar of saints by
Pope John XXIII, he was venerated under the name Anacletus, on
July 13.
Traditional Roman Catholics continue to celebrate the feast of
"Saints Cletus and Marcellinus" on
April 26 and that of
"Saint Anacletus, Pope and Martyr" on
July 13. This is due to the possibility that Cletus and Anacletus may have been two distinct Roman Pontiffs.
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