Who Was Alive
Saint Barbara
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Saint Barbara

Thaumaturge

Born AD 273 · died AD 306
Also known as Great Martyr Barbara, Barbara of Nicomedia, St. Barbara

Who was alive at the same time as Saint Barbara?

  1. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  2. Tacitus, AD 200 – AD 276
  3. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  4. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  5. Porphyry of Tyre, c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  6. Probus, AD 232 – AD 282
  7. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  8. Maximian, c. AD 245 – AD 310
  9. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  10. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  11. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  12. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  13. Saint Sebastian, c. AD 255 – AD 287
  14. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309
  15. Galerius, AD 258 – AD 311
  16. Licinius, c. AD 263 – AD 325
  17. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  18. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  19. Saint Barbara, AD 273 – AD 306
  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 Saint Barbara was born, Aurelian was 58 or 59, Anthony the Great was 21 or 22, Constantius Chlorus was 22 or 23, Pope Marcellus I was 17 or 18 and Probus was 40 or 41.

When Saint Barbara died, Pope Damasus I was about a year old, Pope Marcellus I was 50 or 51, Maximinus Daza was 35 or 36 and Magnentius was 2 or 3.

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

Not quite contemporaries: Plotinus died about 3 years before Saint Barbara was born, Pope Sixtus II died about 15 years before Saint Barbara was born, Pope Dionysius died about 5 years before Saint Barbara was born and Martin of Tours was born about 9 years after Saint Barbara died.

Where Saint Barbara’s contemporaries were born

Saint Barbara is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (47 of 51 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

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The 50 best-known contemporaries

50 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Saint Barbara. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 290.

  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. Pope Damasus I AD 305 – AD 384
  7. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  8. Arius 250s – AD 336
  9. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  10. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  11. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  12. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  13. Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
  14. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  15. Saint Lucy c. AD 283 – AD 304
  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. Maxentius AD 278 – AD 312
  25. Agnes of Rome c. AD 291 – AD 304
  26. Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
  27. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  28. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  29. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  30. Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
  31. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  32. Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
  33. Numerian AD 254 – AD 284
  34. Pappus of Alexandria c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  35. Margaret the Virgin c. AD 292 – c. AD 307
  36. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  37. Magnentius AD 303 – AD 353
  38. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  39. Pachomius the Great AD 292 – AD 348
  40. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  41. Saint Pantaleon c. AD 280 – AD 305
  42. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  43. Januarius AD 272 – AD 305
  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