Saints

Saints timeline

The same dated events as each saint’s own History, in one larger view — no events are added here. A dot is a year (or an approximate year); a bar is a range; a pale band means only the century is known.

1st century

  1. c. 30sConversion · Saint Paul · Own account
  2. c. 46–58Missionary journeys and letters · Saint Paul · Documented
  3. Late 1st centurycentury onlyBishop of Antioch · Ignatius of Antioch · Traditional
  4. 1st centurycentury onlyAnnunciation and birth of Jesus · Mary, Mother of Jesus · Scriptural account
  5. 1st centurycentury onlyAt the cross · Mary, Mother of Jesus · Scriptural account
  6. 1st centurycentury onlyFollower of Jesus · Saint Mary Magdalene · Scriptural account
  7. 1st centurycentury onlyWitness of the resurrection · Saint Mary Magdalene · Scriptural account
  8. 1st centurycentury onlyCalled by Jesus · Saint Peter · Scriptural account
  9. 1st centurycentury onlyLeader in Jerusalem · Saint Peter · Scriptural account
  10. 1st centurycentury onlyOne of the Twelve · Saint Thomas the Apostle · Scriptural account
  11. 1st century (tradition)century onlyMission to India · Saint Thomas the Apostle · Traditional
  12. c. 64–67Martyrdom in Rome · Saint Paul · Traditional
  13. c. 64–68Martyrdom in Rome · Saint Peter · Traditional
  14. c. 69Birth (reckoned) · Polycarp of Smyrna · Approximate

2nd century

  1. c. 107–110Letters written on the way to Rome · Ignatius of Antioch · Documented
  2. c. 107–110Receives Ignatius on his way to Rome · Polycarp of Smyrna · Documented
  3. c. 107–110Martyrdom in Rome · Ignatius of Antioch · Traditional
  4. Early 2nd centurycentury onlyBishop of Smyrna · Polycarp of Smyrna · Documented
  5. c. 154–155Visit to Anicetus in Rome · Polycarp of Smyrna · Documented
  6. 23 February, c. 155 (or 166)Martyrdom at Smyrna · Polycarp of Smyrna · Documented

3rd century

  1. 203Arrest and baptism of the catechumens · Perpetua and Felicity · Documented
  2. 203Trial before the procurator Hilarianus · Perpetua and Felicity · Documented
  3. 7 March 203Martyrdom in the amphitheatre at Carthage · Perpetua and Felicity · Documented
  4. 3rd centurycentury onlyActs of Thomas written · Saint Thomas the Apostle · Documented
  5. c. 270Withdraws to ascetic life · Saint Anthony the Great · Traditional

4th century

  1. c. 303 (traditional)Martyrdom · Saint George · Traditional
  2. c. 324 (traditional)Christianity established in Kartli · Nino of Georgia · Traditional
  3. c. 325–330Birth at Arianzus · Gregory of Nazianzus · Approximate
  4. 325Council of Nicaea · Saint Athanasius of Alexandria · Documented
  5. 328Bishop of Alexandria · Saint Athanasius of Alexandria · Documented
  6. c. 329–330Birth in Cappadocia · Basil of Caesarea · Approximate
  7. c. 335 (traditional)Death at Bodbe · Nino of Georgia · Traditional
  8. 335–366Five exiles · Saint Athanasius of Alexandria · Documented
  9. c. 347Birth at Antioch · John Chrysostom · Approximate
  10. 350sStudies at Constantinople and Athens · Basil of Caesarea · Documented
  11. 350sStudies at Athens with Basil · Gregory of Nazianzus · Documented
  12. 4th centurycentury onlyIn the Roman calendar of martyrs · Perpetua and Felicity · Documented
  13. Early 4th centurycentury onlyDisciples gather · Saint Anthony the Great · Traditional
  14. 4th centurycentury onlyBishop of Myra · Saint Nicholas of Myra · Traditional
  15. 354Born at Thagaste · Saint Augustine of Hippo · Documented
  16. c. 356Death · Saint Anthony the Great · Approximate
  17. c. 357–358Turns to the monastic life in Pontus · Basil of Caesarea · Approximate
  18. c. 360Life of Antony written · Saint Anthony the Great · Documented
  19. 370Bishop of Caesarea · Basil of Caesarea · Documented
  20. 370sThe Basiliad · Basil of Caesarea · Documented
  21. c. 371–372Consecrated bishop of Sasima · Gregory of Nazianzus · Documented
  22. 373Death · Saint Athanasius of Alexandria · Documented
  23. 1 January 379Death at Caesarea · Basil of Caesarea · Documented
  24. 379Called to Constantinople · Gregory of Nazianzus · Documented
  25. 380The Theological Orations · Gregory of Nazianzus · Approximate
  26. 381Council of Constantinople; resignation · Gregory of Nazianzus · Documented
  27. c. 381Ordained deacon · John Chrysostom · Approximate
  28. 386Ordained priest; preaching at Antioch · John Chrysostom · Documented
  29. 386–387Conversion and baptism in Milan · Saint Augustine of Hippo · Own account
  30. 389 or 390Death at Arianzus · Gregory of Nazianzus · Approximate
  31. c. 395Bishop of Hippo · Saint Augustine of Hippo · Documented
  32. 26 February 398Bishop of Constantinople · John Chrysostom · Documented

5th century

  1. 403Deposed by the Synod of the Oak · John Chrysostom · Documented
  2. 24 June 404Second exile, to Cucusus · John Chrysostom · Documented
  3. 14 September 407Death at Comana · John Chrysostom · Documented
  4. 430Death at Hippo · Saint Augustine of Hippo · Documented
  5. 431Council of Ephesus · Mary, Mother of Jesus · Documented
  6. 431Palladius sent to Ireland · Saint Patrick · Documented
  7. 27 January 438Body returned to Constantinople · John Chrysostom · Documented
  8. 5th–6th centurycentury onlyFoundation of Kildare · Saint Brigid of Kildare · Traditional
  9. Fifth centurycentury onlyBorn in Roman Britain · Saint Patrick · Own account
  10. Fifth centurycentury onlyMission in Ireland · Saint Patrick · Own account
  11. Fifth centurycentury onlyWrites the Confessio and the Letter to Coroticus · Saint Patrick · Documented
  12. c. 480Birth at Nursia (Norcia) · Scholastica · Approximate

6th century

  1. 7 December 521 (traditional)Birth at Gartan · Columba of Iona · Traditional
  2. c. 529Monte Cassino · Saint Benedict of Nursia · Traditional
  3. 10 February 543Death near Monte Cassino · Scholastica · Traditional
  4. 6th centurycentury onlyThe Rule written · Saint Benedict of Nursia · Documented
  5. c. 563Founding of the community on Iona · Columba of Iona · Approximate
  6. 565The water beast, as recorded by Adomnán · Columba of Iona · Legend
  7. 591Western conflation · Saint Mary Magdalene · Documented
  8. c. 593–594Gregory’s Dialogues · Saint Benedict of Nursia · Documented
  9. 9 June 597 (traditional)Death on Iona · Columba of Iona · Disputed

7th century

  1. c. 634–635Birth in Northumbria · Cuthbert of Lindisfarne · Approximate
  2. c. 650Cogitosus writes her Life · Saint Brigid of Kildare · Documented
  3. Late 7th centurycentury onlyLives by Muirchú and Tírechán · Saint Patrick · Documented
  4. 651Vision of Aidan’s death; enters Melrose · Cuthbert of Lindisfarne · Traditional
  5. c. 672–673Birth on Monkwearmouth–Jarrow lands · Bede the Venerable · Approximate
  6. 676Hermit on the Inner Farne · Cuthbert of Lindisfarne · Documented
  7. c. 679Sent to Monkwearmouth to be educated · Bede the Venerable · Approximate
  8. Easter 685Consecrated bishop at York · Cuthbert of Lindisfarne · Documented
  9. 686Survives the plague at Jarrow · Bede the Venerable · Documented
  10. 20 March 687Death on the Inner Farne · Cuthbert of Lindisfarne · Documented
  11. c. 692Ordained deacon · Bede the Venerable · Approximate
  12. 698Tomb opened; body reported undecayed · Cuthbert of Lindisfarne · Traditional
  13. c. 700Vita Columbae composed · Columba of Iona · Documented

8th century

  1. c. 702Ordained priest · Bede the Venerable · Approximate
  2. c. 723De temporum ratione · Bede the Venerable · Documented
  3. c. 731Ecclesiastical History of the English People completed · Bede the Venerable · Documented
  4. 734Letter to Ecgbert of York · Bede the Venerable · Documented
  5. 26 May 735Death at Jarrow · Bede the Venerable · Documented

9th century

  1. c. 807Book of Armagh copied · Saint Patrick · Documented
  2. Ninth centurycentury onlyThe twin tradition first appears · Scholastica · Traditional

10th century

  1. 995Body brought to Durham · Cuthbert of Lindisfarne · Documented

11th century

  1. c. 1020Remains moved to Durham · Bede the Venerable · Approximate
  2. 1087Relics taken to Bari · Saint Nicholas of Myra · Documented
  3. c. 1090Birth at Fontaine-lès-Dijon · Bernard of Clairvaux · Approximate

12th century

  1. 1104Translated to the shrine in the new cathedral · Cuthbert of Lindisfarne · Documented
  2. 1113Enters Cîteaux · Bernard of Clairvaux · Documented
  3. 25 June 1115Founds Clairvaux · Bernard of Clairvaux · Documented
  4. 1128 or 1129Council of Troyes · Bernard of Clairvaux · Approximate
  5. 1129In Praise of the New Knighthood · Bernard of Clairvaux · Documented
  6. 1136Becomes magistra · Saint Hildegard of Bingen · Documented
  7. 1141–1151Scivias written · Saint Hildegard of Bingen · Documented
  8. 1144Commissioned to preach the Second Crusade · Bernard of Clairvaux · Documented
  9. 20 August 1153Death at Clairvaux · Bernard of Clairvaux · Documented
  10. 8 August 1170Birth at Caleruega · Dominic de Guzmán · Approximate
  11. 18 January 1174Canonised · Bernard of Clairvaux · Church-recognised
  12. 1179Death · Saint Hildegard of Bingen · Documented

13th century

  1. c. 1206Conversion · Saint Francis of Assisi · Documented
  2. 1208Rosary vision at Prouille, by Dominican tradition · Dominic de Guzmán · Traditional
  3. 1209–1210Rule approved orally · Saint Francis of Assisi · Documented
  4. 1212Joins Francis · Saint Clare of Assisi · Documented
  5. December 1216Written authority to form the Order of Preachers · Dominic de Guzmán · Documented
  6. 6 August 1221Death at Bologna · Dominic de Guzmán · Documented
  7. 1224Stigmata reported · Saint Francis of Assisi · Traditional
  8. c. 1225Birth at Roccasecca · Thomas Aquinas · Approximate
  9. 1226Death · Saint Francis of Assisi · Documented
  10. 1228Canonised · Saint Francis of Assisi · Documented
  11. 3 July 1234Canonised · Dominic de Guzmán · Church-recognised
  12. c. 1244Escapes his family and joins the Dominicans · Thomas Aquinas · Approximate
  13. 1245–1252Study in Paris and Cologne under Albertus Magnus · Thomas Aquinas · Documented
  14. 1253Rule approved; death · Saint Clare of Assisi · Documented
  15. 1255Canonised · Saint Clare of Assisi · Documented
  16. 1259–1265Summa contra Gentiles · Thomas Aquinas · Documented
  17. 1265–1274Summa Theologiae (unfinished) · Thomas Aquinas · Documented
  18. 1273The Naples crucifix incident · Thomas Aquinas · Legend
  19. 7 March 1274Death at Fossanova · Thomas Aquinas · Documented

14th century

  1. 3 May 1314Birth near Rostov · Sergius of Radonezh · Traditional
  2. 18 July 1323Canonised · Thomas Aquinas · Church-recognised
  3. c. 1336Withdraws to the forest of Radonezh · Sergius of Radonezh · Approximate
  4. 7 October 1337Tonsured as the monk Sergius · Sergius of Radonezh · Traditional
  5. 25 March 1347Birth at Siena · Catherine of Siena · Documented
  6. 1354Priest and abbot; the Trinity monastery takes shape · Sergius of Radonezh · Documented
  7. c. 1368Mystical marriage, according to Raymond of Capua · Catherine of Siena · Traditional
  8. 1370Shrine in the Galilee Chapel, Durham · Bede the Venerable · Documented
  9. 1375Stigmata at Pisa, according to Raymond of Capua · Catherine of Siena · Traditional
  10. June 1376Envoy to Avignon · Catherine of Siena · Documented
  11. January 1377The papacy returns to Rome · Catherine of Siena · Disputed
  12. 1377–1378The Dialogue of Divine Providence · Catherine of Siena · Own account
  13. 1378Declines the metropolitan see · Sergius of Radonezh · Documented
  14. 29 April 1380Death in Rome · Catherine of Siena · Documented
  15. 1380Blesses Dmitry Donskoy before Kulikovo · Sergius of Radonezh · Traditional
  16. 25 September 1392Death at the Trinity monastery · Sergius of Radonezh · Documented

15th century

  1. 1405Annunciation Cathedral, Moscow · Saint Andrei Rublev · Documented
  2. 1408Dormition Cathedral, Vladimir · Saint Andrei Rublev · Documented
  3. 1410s–1420sThe Trinity icon · Saint Andrei Rublev · Disputed
  4. 1429Orléans and Reims · Saint Joan of Arc · Documented
  5. 1431Trial and execution at Rouen · Saint Joan of Arc · Documented
  6. 1456Conviction annulled · Saint Joan of Arc · Documented
  7. 29 June 1461Canonised · Catherine of Siena · Church-recognised
  8. c. 23 October 1491Birth at Loyola · Ignatius of Loyola · Approximate

16th century

  1. 28 March 1515Birth at Ávila (birthplace uncertain) · Teresa of Ávila · Approximate
  2. 20 May 1521Wound at Pamplona · Ignatius of Loyola · Documented
  3. March 1522Vigil at Montserrat · Ignatius of Loyola · Documented
  4. 1522Manresa: visions and formulation of the Exercises · Ignatius of Loyola · Documented
  5. 1534Enters the Carmelite Convent of the Incarnation · Teresa of Ávila · Documented
  6. 1539–1542Shrine dismantled · Cuthbert of Lindisfarne · Documented
  7. 1539–1540Society of Jesus formed, then approved · Ignatius of Loyola · Church-recognised
  8. 24 June 1542Birth at Fontiveros · John of the Cross · Documented
  9. 1548Spiritual Exercises published · Ignatius of Loyola · Documented
  10. 1555Autobiography published · Ignatius of Loyola · Documented
  11. 31 July 1556Death at Rome · Ignatius of Loyola · Documented
  12. from St Peter’s Day 1559Visions of Christ begin · Teresa of Ávila · Own account
  13. 1562Founds the reformed convent of San José, Ávila · Teresa of Ávila · Documented
  14. 1562–1565Life written at Ávila · Teresa of Ávila · Own account
  15. 1566The Way of Perfection published · Teresa of Ávila · Documented
  16. 15 April 1567Declared a Doctor of the Church · Thomas Aquinas · Church-recognised
  17. 28 November 1568First Discalced house founded at Duruelo · John of the Cross · Documented
  18. 2 December 1577Seized at Ávila and held at Toledo · John of the Cross · Documented
  19. 1577The Interior Castle written · Teresa of Ávila · Documented
  20. 1578First stanzas of the Spiritual Canticle composed in prison · John of the Cross · Documented
  21. 15 August 1578Escapes from Toledo · John of the Cross · Documented
  22. 1579Born in Lima · Saint Martin de Porres · Documented
  23. 22 June 1580Pia Consideratione: separation of the Discalced Carmelites authorised · John of the Cross · Documented
  24. 4 or 15 October 1582Death at Alba de Tormes · Teresa of Ávila · Documented
  25. 14 December 1591Death at Úbeda · John of the Cross · Documented

17th century

  1. 1618First publication of his writings · John of the Cross · Documented
  2. 12 March 1622Canonised · Ignatius of Loyola · Church-recognised
  3. 1622Canonised · Teresa of Ávila · Church-recognised
  4. 1630Spiritual Canticle first included in an edition · John of the Cross · Documented
  5. 1639Death · Saint Martin de Porres · Documented

18th century

  1. 1726Canonised · John of the Cross · Church-recognised

19th century

  1. 1830Declared a Doctor of the Church · Bernard of Clairvaux · Church-recognised
  2. 1831Bones reburied in a new tomb · Bede the Venerable · Documented
  3. 7 January 1844Birth at the Boly Mill, Lourdes · Bernadette Soubirous · Documented
  4. 1854–1857The mill fails; the family in the Cachot · Bernadette Soubirous · Documented
  5. 1854 and 1950Catholic Marian dogmas · Mary, Mother of Jesus · Documented
  6. 11 February – 16 July 1858Eighteen apparitions at Massabielle · Bernadette Soubirous · Own account
  7. c. 1860Birth in Buddu · Charles Lwanga · Approximate
  8. 18 January 1862Bishop Laurence’s decree · Bernadette Soubirous · Church-recognised
  9. 1866–1867To Nevers; profession as Sister Marie-Bernard · Bernadette Soubirous · Documented
  10. c. 1869Birth in Darfur · Josephine Bakhita · Approximate
  11. c. 1877–1878Kidnapped and enslaved · Josephine Bakhita · Approximate
  12. 16 April 1879Death at Nevers · Bernadette Soubirous · Documented
  13. 1884Enters the royal household · Charles Lwanga · Documented
  14. 15 November 1885Mukasa killed; Lwanga baptised · Charles Lwanga · Documented
  15. 25 May 1886Persecution renewed at Munyonyo · Charles Lwanga · Documented
  16. 3 June 1886Burned at Namugongo · Charles Lwanga · Documented
  17. 9 January 1890Baptised Josephine in Venice · Josephine Bakhita · Documented
  18. 8 December 1896Vows as a Canossian sister · Josephine Bakhita · Documented
  19. 1899Canonised and declared a Doctor of the Church · Bede the Venerable · Church-recognised

20th century

  1. 6 June 1920Beatified with 21 companions · Charles Lwanga · Church-recognised
  2. 1920Canonised · Saint Joan of Arc · Documented
  3. 14 June 1925Beatified · Bernadette Soubirous · Church-recognised
  4. 1926Declared a Doctor of the Church · John of the Cross · Church-recognised
  5. 1928Joins the Loreto Sisters · Saint Teresa of Calcutta · Documented
  6. 8 December 1933Canonised · Bernadette Soubirous · Church-recognised
  7. 8 February 1947Death at Schio · Josephine Bakhita · Documented
  8. 1950Missionaries of Charity founded · Saint Teresa of Calcutta · Documented
  9. 1962Canonised · Saint Martin de Porres · Documented
  10. 18 October 1964Canonised by Paul VI · Charles Lwanga · Church-recognised
  11. 1964Patron of Europe · Saint Benedict of Nursia · Documented
  12. 4 October 1970Declared a Doctor of the Church · Catherine of Siena · Church-recognised
  13. 27 September 1970Declared a Doctor of the Church · Teresa of Ávila · Church-recognised
  14. 1979Nobel Peace Prize · Saint Teresa of Calcutta · Documented
  15. 1988Canonised · Saint Andrei Rublev · Documented
  16. 1997Death in Kolkata · Saint Teresa of Calcutta · Documented
  17. 1 October 1999Named co-patron of Europe · Catherine of Siena · Church-recognised
  18. 1 October 2000Canonised by John Paul II · Josephine Bakhita · Church-recognised

21st century

  1. 2012Doctor of the Church · Saint Hildegard of Bingen · Documented
  2. 2016Feast raised in the Roman calendar · Saint Mary Magdalene · Documented
  3. 2016Canonised · Saint Teresa of Calcutta · Documented
  4. 2023Irish public holiday · Saint Brigid of Kildare · Documented

Dates that cannot be placed on the scale

These are given relative to a life (“around age 16”), as an unknown, or as a period without a century; they stay in each saint’s History.

  1. High Middle AgesDragon legend spreads · Saint George
  2. Reign of Constantine (306–337)Conversion of the king and queen of Iberia · Nino of Georgia
  3. Around age 16Captured and taken to Ireland · Saint Patrick
  4. About six years laterEscapes and returns to Britain · Saint Patrick
  5. 432; 461 or 493Later annal dates · Saint Patrick
  6. Shortly before her deathLast meeting with Benedict · Scholastica
  7. Traditional date not knownTraditional foundation of the Benedictine nuns · Scholastica
  8. Not datedLater at Jarrow with Ceolfrith · Bede the Venerable

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