Who Was Alive
Catherine of Alexandria
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Catherine of Alexandria

Roman missionary

Born AD 282–287 · died AD 305
Also known as Saint Catherine, Catherine, St. Catherine of Alexandria

Who was alive at the same time as Catherine of Alexandria?

  1. Porphyry of Tyre, c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  2. Lactantius, c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  3. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  4. Maximian, c. AD 245 – AD 310
  5. Iamblichus, c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  6. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  7. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  8. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  9. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  10. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309
  11. Galerius, AD 258 – AD 311
  12. Licinius, c. AD 263 – AD 325
  13. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  14. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  15. Maximinus Daza, AD 270 – AD 313
  16. Saint Barbara, AD 273 – AD 306
  17. Saint George, AD 275 – c. AD 303
  18. Maxentius, AD 278 – AD 312
  19. Saint Lucy, c. AD 283 – AD 304
  20. Catherine of Alexandria, c. AD 285 – AD 305
  21. Pappus of Alexandria, c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  22. Agnes of Rome, c. AD 291 – AD 304
  23. Margaret the Virgin, c. AD 292 – c. AD 307
  24. Athanasius of Alexandria, AD 296 – AD 373

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When Catherine of Alexandria died, Pope Marcellus I was 49 or 50, Maximinus Daza was 34 or 35 and Magnentius was 1 or 2.

Born during Catherine of Alexandria’s lifetime: Athanasius of Alexandria, Agnes of Rome, Pappus of Alexandria, Margaret the Virgin, Magnentius, Pachomius the Great, Emperor Nintoku and Saint Nino.

Not quite contemporaries: Plotinus died about 12 years before Catherine of Alexandria was born, Aurelian died about 7 years before Catherine of Alexandria was born, Pope Dionysius died about 14 years before Catherine of Alexandria was born and Martin of Tours was born about 10 years after Catherine of Alexandria died.

Where Catherine of Alexandria’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

Compare Catherine of Alexandria

The 38 best-known contemporaries

38 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Catherine of Alexandria. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 296.

  1. Constantine the Great c. AD 272 – AD 337
  2. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  3. Saint George AD 275 – c. AD 303
  4. Athanasius of Alexandria AD 296 – AD 373
  5. Arius 250s – AD 336
  6. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  7. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  8. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  9. Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
  10. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  11. Saint Lucy c. AD 283 – AD 304
  12. Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
  13. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  14. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  15. Galerius AD 258 – AD 311
  16. Saint Barbara AD 273 – AD 306
  17. Maxentius AD 278 – AD 312
  18. Agnes of Rome c. AD 291 – AD 304
  19. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  20. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  21. Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
  22. Pappus of Alexandria c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  23. Margaret the Virgin c. AD 292 – c. AD 307
  24. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  25. Magnentius AD 303 – AD 353
  26. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  27. Pachomius the Great AD 292 – AD 348
  28. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  29. Saint Pantaleon c. AD 280 – AD 305
  30. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  31. Januarius AD 272 – AD 305
  32. Saint Nino AD 296 – AD 335
  33. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  34. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  35. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366
  36. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  37. Ermanaric c. AD 291 – c. AD 376
  38. Saint Vitus AD 290 – AD 303