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Gregory the Illuminator
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Gregory the Illuminator

Religious leader

Born AD 239 · died AD 325–329
Also known as Saint Gregory the Illuminator

Who was alive at the same time as Gregory the Illuminator?

  1. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  2. Pope Cornelius, c. AD 180 – AD 253
  3. Origen, c. AD 184 – AD 254
  4. Pope Dionysius, c. AD 200 – AD 268
  5. Pope Fabian, c. 200s – AD 250
  6. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  7. Valerian, c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  8. Decius, AD 201 – AD 251
  9. Philip the Arab, c. AD 204 – AD 249
  10. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  11. Pope Sixtus II, c. AD 215 – AD 258
  12. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  13. Gregory the Illuminator, AD 239 – c. AD 327
  14. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  15. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  16. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  17. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  18. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  19. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  20. Saint George, AD 275 – c. AD 303
  21. Athanasius of Alexandria, AD 296 – AD 373
  22. Pope Damasus I, AD 305 – AD 384
  23. Pope Liberius, c. AD 310 – AD 366
  24. Constantius II, AD 317 – AD 361

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When Gregory the Illuminator was born, Plotinus was 33 or 34, Aurelian was 24 or 25, Decius was 37 or 38, Claudius Gothicus was 24 or 25 and Gordian III was 13 or 14.

Born during Gregory the Illuminator’s lifetime: Constantine the Great, Diocletian, Saint George, Athanasius of Alexandria, Pope Damasus I, Arius, Eusebius and Pope Liberius.

Not quite contemporaries: Jerome was born about 14 years after Gregory the Illuminator died, John Chrysostom was born about 15 years after Gregory the Illuminator died, Ambrose was born about 8 years after Gregory the Illuminator died and Julian was born about 2 years after Gregory the Illuminator died.

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Where Gregory the Illuminator’s contemporaries were born

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The 95 best-known contemporaries

95 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Gregory the Illuminator. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 282.

  1. Constantine the Great c. AD 272 – AD 337
  2. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  3. Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
  4. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  5. Saint George AD 275 – c. AD 303
  6. Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
  7. Athanasius of Alexandria AD 296 – AD 373
  8. Pope Damasus I AD 305 – AD 384
  9. Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
  10. Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
  11. Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
  12. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  13. Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
  14. Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
  15. Arius 250s – AD 336
  16. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  17. Pope Liberius c. AD 310 – AD 366
  18. Decius AD 201 – AD 251
  19. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  20. Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
  21. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  22. Constantius II AD 317 – AD 361
  23. Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  24. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  25. Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
  26. Valentinian I AD 321 – AD 375
  27. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  28. Saint Lucy c. AD 283 – AD 304
  29. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  30. Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
  31. Catherine of Alexandria c. AD 285 – AD 305
  32. Gordian III AD 225 – AD 244
  33. Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
  34. Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
  35. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  36. Saint Sebastian c. AD 255 – AD 287
  37. Constantine II AD 316 – AD 340
  38. Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
  39. Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
  40. Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
  41. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  42. Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
  43. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  44. Galerius AD 258 – AD 311
  45. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  46. Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
  47. Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
  48. Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
  49. Saint Barbara AD 273 – AD 306
  50. Maxentius AD 278 – AD 312
  51. Agnes of Rome c. AD 291 – AD 304
  52. Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
  53. Ephrem the Syrian c. AD 306 – AD 373
  54. Shapur II c. AD 310 – AD 379
  55. Hilary of Poitiers AD 315 – AD 367
  56. Ausonius AD 310 – AD 395
  57. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  58. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  59. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  60. Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
  61. Ulfilas c. AD 309 – AD 383
  62. Constans c. AD 322 – AD 350
  63. Hostilian c. AD 232 – AD 251
  64. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  65. Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
  66. Volusianus AD 230 – AD 253
  67. Numerian AD 254 – AD 284
  68. Pappus of Alexandria c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  69. Cyril of Jerusalem c. AD 313 – c. AD 386
  70. Margaret the Virgin c. AD 292 – c. AD 307
  71. Epiphanius of Salamis c. AD 315 – AD 403
  72. Herennius Etruscus c. AD 227 – AD 251
  73. Aurelius Victor c. AD 321 – c. AD 391
  74. Saloninus AD 242 – AD 260
  75. Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
  76. Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
  77. Magnentius AD 303 – AD 353
  78. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  79. Pachomius the Great AD 292 – AD 348
  80. Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
  81. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  82. Saint Pantaleon c. AD 280 – AD 305
  83. Libanius c. AD 314 – AD 393
  84. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  85. Ardashir II 310s – AD 383
  86. Januarius AD 272 – AD 305
  87. Saint Nino AD 296 – AD 335
  88. Athanaric AD 318 – AD 381
  89. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  90. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  91. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  92. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366
  93. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  94. Ermanaric c. AD 291 – c. AD 376
  95. Saint Vitus AD 290 – AD 303