Who Was Alive
Saint Lawrence
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Saint Lawrence

Roman deacon

Born 31 December AD 225 · died 10 August AD 258, aged 32
Also known as Lawrence of Rome, St. Lawrence the Martyr, Laurence of Rome

Who was alive at the same time as Saint Lawrence?

  1. Nagarjuna, c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
  2. Tertullian, c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
  3. Maximinus Thrax, AD 173 – AD 238
  4. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  5. Pope Cornelius, c. AD 180 – AD 253
  6. Origen, c. AD 184 – AD 254
  7. Pope Dionysius, c. AD 200 – AD 268
  8. Pope Fabian, c. 200s – AD 250
  9. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  10. Valerian, c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  11. Decius, AD 201 – AD 251
  12. Philip the Arab, c. AD 204 – AD 249
  13. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  14. Severus Alexander, AD 208 – AD 235
  15. Pope Sixtus II, c. AD 215 – AD 258
  16. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  17. Claudius Gothicus, AD 214 – AD 270
  18. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  19. Saint Lawrence, AD 225 – AD 258
  20. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  21. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  22. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  23. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  24. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309

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When Saint Lawrence was born, Plotinus was 20, Aurelian was 11, Severus Alexander was 17, Decius was 24 and Maximinus Thrax was 52 or 53.

When Saint Lawrence died, Plotinus was 52 or 53, Aurelian was 43, Anthony the Great was 6 or 7, Constantius Chlorus was 7 or 8 and Pope Marcellus I was 3.

Born during Saint Lawrence’s lifetime: Diocletian, Anthony the Great, Constantius Chlorus, Pope Marcellus I, Helena, mother of Constantine I, Porphyry of Tyre, Saint Sebastian and Maximian.

Not quite contemporaries: Constantine the Great was born about 12 years after Saint Lawrence died, Septimius Severus died about 14 years before Saint Lawrence was born, Caracalla died about 8 years before Saint Lawrence was born and Elagabalus died about 3 years before Saint Lawrence was born.

Where Saint Lawrence’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

Compare Saint Lawrence

The 65 best-known contemporaries

65 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Saint Lawrence. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 242.

  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. Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
  6. Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
  7. Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
  8. Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
  9. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  10. Severus Alexander AD 208 – AD 235
  11. Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
  12. Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
  13. Decius AD 201 – AD 251
  14. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  15. Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
  16. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  17. Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  18. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  19. Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
  20. Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
  21. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  22. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  23. Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
  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. Saint Sebastian c. AD 255 – AD 287
  29. Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
  30. Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
  31. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  32. Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
  33. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  34. Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
  35. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  36. Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
  37. Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
  38. Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
  39. Gordian II 190s – AD 238
  40. Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
  41. Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
  42. Cecilia of Rome c. AD 200 – c. AD 230
  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. Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
  48. Hostilian c. AD 232 – AD 251
  49. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  50. Volusianus AD 230 – AD 253
  51. Numerian AD 254 – AD 284
  52. Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
  53. Herennius Etruscus c. AD 227 – AD 251
  54. Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
  55. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  56. Saloninus AD 242 – AD 260
  57. Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
  58. Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
  59. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  60. Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
  61. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  62. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  63. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  64. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  65. Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240