St. Clement Roman Catholic Parish Church

The church is named after the saint, Pope and martyr St. Clement. The patron saint of sailors, seamen, hatters and marble-masons; his feast day is 23 November. A disciple of St. Peter, his third successor to the Papal Throne. Traditionally, he wrote a letter to the troubled congregation in Corinth in around AD 100 to appease the contenders. He was exiled to an abandoned island and was forced to break rocks in a quarry. To alleviate the misery of poor Christian prisoners, after praying, he released a gushing stream of water from a rock wall (the painting depicting this scene in the sanctuary of the church was done by Ferenc Storno Sr.). This miracle resulted in the conversion of a large number of the local pagans to Christianity. At the Emperor’s command, he was executed by tying his neck to an anchor and casting him into the sea. In his honour, a church was built in Rome as early as in the 5th century, which is still one of the main churches of the eternal city.