Who Was Alive
Pope Fabian
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Pope Fabian

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. 200s · died 20 January AD 250
Also known as Fabian, St. Fabian, Fabius Fabianus

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Fabian?

  1. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  2. Clement of Alexandria, c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  3. Cao Cao, AD 155 – AD 220
  4. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  5. Macrinus, c. AD 164 – AD 218
  6. Maximinus Thrax, AD 173 – AD 238
  7. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  8. Pope Cornelius, c. AD 180 – AD 253
  9. Origen, c. AD 184 – AD 254
  10. Caracalla, AD 188 – AD 217
  11. Pope Fabian, c. 200s – AD 250
  12. Pope Dionysius, c. AD 200 – AD 268
  13. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  14. Valerian, c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  15. Decius, AD 201 – AD 251
  16. Philip the Arab, c. AD 204 – AD 249
  17. Elagabalus, AD 203 – AD 222
  18. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  19. Severus Alexander, AD 208 – AD 235
  20. Pope Sixtus II, c. AD 215 – AD 258
  21. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  22. Claudius Gothicus, AD 214 – AD 270
  23. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  24. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316

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When Pope Fabian died, Plotinus was 44 or 45, Aurelian was 35, Decius was 48 or 49, Saint Valentine was 74 or 75 and Claudius Gothicus was 35.

Born during Pope Fabian’s lifetime: Diocletian, Aurelian, Pope Sixtus II, Mani, Claudius Gothicus, Gordian III, Gallienus and Porphyry of Tyre.

Not quite contemporaries: Lucian died about 15 years before Pope Fabian was born, Commodus died about 5 years before Pope Fabian was born, Eusebius was born about 13 years after Pope Fabian died and Didius Julianus died about 4 years before Pope Fabian was born.

Where Pope Fabian’s contemporaries were born

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The 63 best-known contemporaries

63 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Fabian. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 231.

  1. Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  2. Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
  3. Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  4. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  5. Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
  6. Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
  7. Elagabalus AD 203 – AD 222
  8. Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
  9. Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
  10. Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
  11. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  12. Severus Alexander AD 208 – AD 235
  13. Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
  14. Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
  15. Decius AD 201 – AD 251
  16. Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
  17. Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
  18. Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  19. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  20. Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
  21. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  22. Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
  23. Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
  24. Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
  25. Gordian III AD 225 – AD 244
  26. Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
  27. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  28. Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
  29. Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
  30. Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
  31. Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
  32. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  33. Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
  34. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  35. Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
  36. Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
  37. Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
  38. Gordian II 190s – AD 238
  39. Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
  40. Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
  41. Cecilia of Rome c. AD 200 – c. AD 230
  42. Diadumenian AD 208 – AD 218
  43. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  44. Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
  45. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  46. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  47. Hostilian c. AD 232 – AD 251
  48. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  49. Volusianus AD 230 – AD 253
  50. Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
  51. Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
  52. Herennius Etruscus c. AD 227 – AD 251
  53. Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
  54. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  55. Saloninus AD 242 – AD 260
  56. Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
  57. Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
  58. Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
  59. Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
  60. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  61. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  62. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  63. Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240