Talk:San Clemente

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I don't believe that Saint Flavius Clement is buried underneath the main altar of San Clemente. The inscription on the front of the altar reads "SANCTUS CLEMENS MARTYR HIC FELICITER EST TUMULATUS;" (Saint Clement, Martyr, is happily buried here) and not "FLAVIUS CLEMENS MARTYR HIC FELICITER EST TUMULATUS." Also, below the altar on the front it reads "HIC REQUIESCUNT CORPORA SS. CLEMENTIS PAPAE ET IGNATII ANTIOCHENI;" (Here lie the bodies of Saints Clement, Pope, and Ignatius of Antioch). There does not actually appear to be any evidence that Saint Flavius Clement (aka Saint CLEMENT of Alexandria) is buried here with Pope Saint Clement and Saint Ignatius of Antioch.