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Pope Marcellus I
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Pope Marcellus I

Roman Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 6 January AD 255 · died 16 January AD 309, aged 54
Also known as Marcellus I, Marcellus, Pope Marcel I

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

  1. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  2. Pope Dionysius, c. AD 200 – AD 268
  3. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  4. Valerian, c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  5. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  6. Pope Sixtus II, c. AD 215 – AD 258
  7. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  8. Claudius Gothicus, AD 214 – AD 270
  9. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  10. Gallienus, c. AD 218 – AD 268
  11. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  12. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  13. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  14. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  15. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  16. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309
  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. Saint George, AD 275 – c. AD 303
  21. Saint Lucy, c. AD 283 – AD 304
  22. Catherine of Alexandria, c. AD 285 – AD 305
  23. Athanasius of Alexandria, AD 296 – AD 373
  24. Pope Damasus I, AD 305 – AD 384

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When Pope Marcellus I was born, Plotinus was 49 or 50, Aurelian was 40, Anthony the Great was 3 or 4, Constantius Chlorus was 4 or 5 and Saint Valentine was 79 or 80.

When Pope Marcellus I died, Athanasius of Alexandria was 12 or 13, Pope Damasus I was 3 or 4, Anthony the Great was 57 or 58, Galerius was 50 or 51 and Maxentius was 30 or 31.

Born during Pope Marcellus I’s lifetime: Constantine the Great, Saint George, Athanasius of Alexandria, Pope Damasus I, Eusebius, Saint Lucy, Catherine of Alexandria and Licinius.

Not quite contemporaries: Nagarjuna died about 3 years before Pope Marcellus I was born, Tertullian died about 12 years before Pope Marcellus I was born, Origen died about a year before Pope Marcellus I was born and Martin of Tours was born about 7 years after Pope Marcellus I died.

Where Pope Marcellus I’s contemporaries were born

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The 65 best-known contemporaries

65 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Marcellus I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 282.

  1. Constantine the Great c. AD 272 – AD 337
  2. Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
  3. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  4. Saint George AD 275 – c. AD 303
  5. Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
  6. Athanasius of Alexandria AD 296 – AD 373
  7. Pope Damasus I AD 305 – AD 384
  8. Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
  9. Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
  10. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  11. Arius 250s – AD 336
  12. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  13. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  14. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  15. Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  16. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  17. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  18. Saint Lucy c. AD 283 – AD 304
  19. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  20. Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
  21. Catherine of Alexandria c. AD 285 – AD 305
  22. Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
  23. Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
  24. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  25. Saint Sebastian c. AD 255 – AD 287
  26. Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
  27. Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
  28. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  29. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  30. Galerius AD 258 – AD 311
  31. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  32. Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
  33. Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
  34. Saint Barbara AD 273 – AD 306
  35. Maxentius AD 278 – AD 312
  36. Agnes of Rome c. AD 291 – AD 304
  37. Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
  38. Ephrem the Syrian c. AD 306 – AD 373
  39. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  40. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  41. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  42. Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
  43. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  44. Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
  45. Numerian AD 254 – AD 284
  46. Pappus of Alexandria c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  47. Margaret the Virgin c. AD 292 – c. AD 307
  48. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  49. Saloninus AD 242 – AD 260
  50. Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
  51. Magnentius AD 303 – AD 353
  52. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  53. Pachomius the Great AD 292 – AD 348
  54. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  55. Saint Pantaleon c. AD 280 – AD 305
  56. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  57. Januarius AD 272 – AD 305
  58. Saint Nino AD 296 – AD 335
  59. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  60. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  61. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  62. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366
  63. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  64. Ermanaric c. AD 291 – c. AD 376
  65. Saint Vitus AD 290 – AD 303