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unusual facts about Clement Scotus


Clement Scotus

Clement of Ireland or Clement Scotus (ca. 750 – 818), venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church



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Clement Scotus II

This Clement Scotus has been misidentified, firstly with Clement Scotus I, the opponent of St. Boniface, and secondly with Claudius, bishop of Turin, who died about 839, and was Spanish.

Clement Scotus II arrived, according to tradition, from Ireland on the coast of Gaul, with another Irish scholar, around the time when Charlemagne began his sole rule (i.e. after the death of Carloman in 771).