His great-grandfather Taurus was Praetorian Prefect of Italy under Constantius II from 355 to 361 AD.
In that year, he received the honorific title of Patrikios (Patrician).
[2] He was a Monophysite and supported the monk Severus (later Patriarch of Antioch) when the latter was in Constantinople from 508 to 511 AD.
In 511 AD, Clementinus was present at a meeting at which the resignation of the Patriarch of Constantinople Macedonius II was discussed.
[3] The Liverpool museum houses an ivory diptych bearing a representation of Clementinus.