Who Was Alive
Januarius
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Januarius

Roman bishop

Born 21 April AD 272 · died 19 September AD 305, aged 33
Also known as Saint Januarius, Ianuarius, St. Januarius

Who was alive at the same time as Januarius?

  1. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  2. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  3. Tacitus, AD 200 – AD 276
  4. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  5. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  6. Porphyry of Tyre, c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  7. Probus, AD 232 – AD 282
  8. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  9. Maximian, c. AD 245 – AD 310
  10. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  11. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  12. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  13. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  14. Saint Sebastian, c. AD 255 – AD 287
  15. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309
  16. Galerius, AD 258 – AD 311
  17. Licinius, c. AD 263 – AD 325
  18. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  19. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  20. Januarius, AD 272 – AD 305
  21. Saint George, AD 275 – c. AD 303
  22. Saint Lucy, c. AD 283 – AD 304
  23. Catherine of Alexandria, c. AD 285 – AD 305
  24. Athanasius of Alexandria, AD 296 – AD 373

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When Januarius was born, Aurelian was 57, Anthony the Great was 20 or 21, Constantius Chlorus was 21 or 22, Pope Marcellus I was 17 and Saint Valentine was 96 or 97.

When Januarius died, Athanasius of Alexandria was 8 or 9, Anthony the Great was 53 or 54, Constantius Chlorus was 54 or 55, Pope Marcellus I was 50 and Galerius was 46 or 47.

Born during Januarius’s lifetime: Saint George, Athanasius of Alexandria, Saint Lucy, Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Barbara, Maxentius, Agnes of Rome and Pappus of Alexandria.

Not quite contemporaries: Plotinus died about 2 years before Januarius was born, Pope Sixtus II died about 14 years before Januarius was born, Pope Dionysius died about 4 years before Januarius was born and Martin of Tours was born about 11 years after Januarius died.

Where Januarius’s contemporaries were born

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The 50 best-known contemporaries

50 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Januarius. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 289.

  1. Constantine the Great c. AD 272 – AD 337
  2. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  3. Saint George AD 275 – c. AD 303
  4. Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
  5. Athanasius of Alexandria AD 296 – AD 373
  6. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  7. Arius 250s – AD 336
  8. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  9. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  10. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  11. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  12. Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
  13. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  14. Saint Lucy c. AD 283 – AD 304
  15. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  16. Catherine of Alexandria c. AD 285 – AD 305
  17. Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
  18. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  19. Saint Sebastian c. AD 255 – AD 287
  20. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  21. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  22. Galerius AD 258 – AD 311
  23. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  24. Saint Barbara AD 273 – AD 306
  25. Maxentius AD 278 – AD 312
  26. Agnes of Rome c. AD 291 – AD 304
  27. Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
  28. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  29. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  30. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  31. Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
  32. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  33. Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
  34. Numerian AD 254 – AD 284
  35. Pappus of Alexandria c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  36. Margaret the Virgin c. AD 292 – c. AD 307
  37. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  38. Magnentius AD 303 – AD 353
  39. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  40. Pachomius the Great AD 292 – AD 348
  41. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  42. Saint Pantaleon c. AD 280 – AD 305
  43. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  44. Saint Nino AD 296 – AD 335
  45. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  46. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  47. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366
  48. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  49. Ermanaric c. AD 291 – c. AD 376
  50. Saint Vitus AD 290 – AD 303