Popes of the Apostolic Era
By Thomas V. Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | Mar 18, 2026 | In Lives of the Popes (Podcast)
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The first three popes after St. Peter likely knew the Prince of the Apostles personally and may even have been hand-selected by him. We know little of Sts. Linus and Cletus, but the first writing we possess by a pope after St. Peter himself is a precious letter by Pope St. Clement I to the Church of Corinth.
Links
Article version of this episode: https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/popes-apostolic-era-lives-popes-2/
Audiobooks of Pope St. Clement’s letters:
Letter to the Corinthians https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/st-clement-rome-letter-to-corinthians/
Apocryphal Second Letter https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/so-called-second-letter-st-clement/
More about St. Clement’s Letter on Way of the Fathers https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/clement-rome-earliest-christian-author-after-apostles/
Thomas V. Mirus is President of Trinity Communications and Editor-in-Chief for CatholicCulture.org, hosts both the Catholic Culture Podcast and Lives of the Popes, and co-hosts Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast. See full bio.
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