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Pope Damasus I
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Pope Damasus I

Roman Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born AD 305 · died 11 December AD 384, aged 78 or 79
Also known as Damasus I, Damasus

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Damasus I?

  1. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  2. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  3. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  4. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  5. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  6. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  7. Athanasius of Alexandria, AD 296 – AD 373
  8. Pope Damasus I, AD 305 – AD 384
  9. Pope Liberius, c. AD 310 – AD 366
  10. Martin of Tours, c. AD 327 – AD 397
  11. Constantius II, AD 317 – AD 361
  12. Ammianus Marcellinus, c. AD 330 – c. AD 395
  13. Basil of Caesarea, AD 329 – AD 379
  14. Gregory of Nazianzus, c. AD 330 – c. AD 390
  15. Julian, AD 331 – AD 363
  16. Pope Siricius, AD 334 – AD 399
  17. Ambrose, c. AD 339 – AD 397
  18. Pope Anastasius I, AD 340 – AD 401
  19. Jerome, c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  20. John Chrysostom, c. AD 350 – AD 407
  21. Theodosius I, AD 347 – AD 395
  22. Augustine of Hippo, AD 354 – AD 430
  23. Hypatia, c. AD 360 – AD 415
  24. Pope Boniface I, c. AD 370 – AD 422

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When Pope Damasus I was born, Pope Marcellus I was 49 or 50, Maximinus Daza was 34 or 35 and Magnentius was 1 or 2.

When Pope Damasus I died, Augustine of Hippo was 30, Theodosius I was 37, Pope Siricius was 49 or 50, Pope Anastasius I was 43 or 44 and Honorius was under a year old.

Born during Pope Damasus I’s lifetime: Augustine of Hippo, Hypatia, Jerome, John Chrysostom, Ambrose, Julian, Theodosius I and Basil of Caesarea.

Not quite contemporaries: Pope Leo I was born about 4 years after Pope Damasus I died, Pope Sixtus III was born about 4 years after Pope Damasus I died, Saint Lucy died months before Pope Damasus I was born and Porphyry of Tyre died about a year before Pope Damasus I was born.

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Where Pope Damasus I’s contemporaries were born

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The 88 best-known contemporaries

88 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Damasus I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 345.

  1. Augustine of Hippo AD 354 – AD 430
  2. Constantine the Great c. AD 272 – AD 337
  3. Hypatia c. AD 360 – AD 415
  4. Jerome c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  5. John Chrysostom c. AD 350 – AD 407
  6. Ambrose c. AD 339 – AD 397
  7. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  8. Julian AD 331 – AD 363
  9. Theodosius I AD 347 – AD 395
  10. Basil of Caesarea AD 329 – AD 379
  11. Gregory of Nazianzus c. AD 330 – c. AD 390
  12. Athanasius of Alexandria AD 296 – AD 373
  13. Martin of Tours c. AD 327 – AD 397
  14. Arius 250s – AD 336
  15. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  16. Pope Liberius c. AD 310 – AD 366
  17. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  18. Pope Siricius AD 334 – AD 399
  19. Pope Boniface I c. AD 370 – AD 422
  20. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  21. Constantius II AD 317 – AD 361
  22. Ammianus Marcellinus c. AD 330 – c. AD 395
  23. Pope Anastasius I AD 340 – AD 401
  24. Honorius AD 384 – AD 423
  25. Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
  26. Valentinian I AD 321 – AD 375
  27. Arcadius AD 377 – AD 408
  28. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  29. Valens AD 328 – AD 378
  30. Cyril of Alexandria AD 376 – AD 444
  31. Mesrop Mashtots c. AD 362 – AD 440
  32. Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
  33. Constantine II AD 316 – AD 340
  34. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  35. Galerius AD 258 – AD 311
  36. Saint Barbara AD 273 – AD 306
  37. Maxentius AD 278 – AD 312
  38. Jovian AD 331 – AD 364
  39. Ephrem the Syrian c. AD 306 – AD 373
  40. Shapur II c. AD 310 – AD 379
  41. Hilary of Poitiers AD 315 – AD 367
  42. Ausonius AD 310 – AD 395
  43. Gratian AD 359 – AD 383
  44. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  45. Ulfilas c. AD 309 – AD 383
  46. Constans c. AD 322 – AD 350
  47. Claudian c. AD 370 – c. AD 405
  48. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  49. Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
  50. Valentinian II AD 371 – AD 392
  51. Pappus of Alexandria c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  52. Constantius III c. AD 370 – AD 421
  53. Cyril of Jerusalem c. AD 313 – c. AD 386
  54. Stilicho AD 359 – AD 408
  55. Epiphanius of Salamis c. AD 315 – AD 403
  56. Samudragupta AD 335 – AD 380
  57. Faxian c. AD 339 – c. AD 423
  58. Aurelius Victor c. AD 321 – c. AD 391
  59. Magnus Maximus AD 335 – AD 388
  60. Kumārajīva c. AD 345 – AD 413
  61. Saint Monica AD 332 – AD 387
  62. Pelagius c. AD 354 – c. AD 420
  63. Socrates of Constantinople c. AD 380 – c. AD 440
  64. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  65. Tao Yuanming AD 365 – AD 427
  66. Magnentius AD 303 – AD 353
  67. Prudentius AD 348 – c. AD 411
  68. Macrobius c. AD 370 – c. AD 431
  69. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  70. Pachomius the Great AD 292 – AD 348
  71. John Cassian AD 360 – AD 435
  72. Synesius AD 370 – AD 413
  73. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  74. Libanius c. AD 314 – AD 393
  75. Mary of Egypt c. AD 344 – c. AD 421
  76. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  77. Ardashir II 310s – AD 383
  78. Martianus Capella c. AD 360 – c. AD 428
  79. Saint Nino AD 296 – AD 335
  80. Athanaric AD 318 – AD 381
  81. Evagrius Ponticus c. AD 345 – AD 399
  82. Sigeric c. 370s – AD 415
  83. Peter Chrysologus AD 380 – AD 450
  84. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  85. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366
  86. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  87. Eugenius AD 345 – AD 394
  88. Ermanaric c. AD 291 – c. AD 376