He governed the Church after St. Clement nine years three months,
according to the Liberian pontifical, and according to another
very old Vatican manuscript register; but according to some later
pontificals, twelve years and three months. He perhaps sat three
years as vicar to St. Clement during his banishment, says Berti.[136]
Trajan raised the third persecution against the Church whilst he was
in the East in 107. In those difficult times St. Anacletus suffered
much, and is styled a martyr in very ancient Martyrologies.