Who Was Alive
Saint Lucy
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Saint Lucy

Born c. AD 283 · died AD 304
Also known as Saint Lucia, Lucy, Lucia

Who was alive at the same time as Saint Lucy?

  1. Porphyry of Tyre, c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  2. Lactantius, c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  3. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  4. Maximian, c. AD 245 – AD 310
  5. Iamblichus, c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  6. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  7. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  8. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  9. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  10. Saint Sebastian, c. AD 255 – AD 287
  11. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309
  12. Galerius, AD 258 – AD 311
  13. Licinius, c. AD 263 – AD 325
  14. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  15. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  16. Maximinus Daza, AD 270 – AD 313
  17. Saint Barbara, AD 273 – AD 306
  18. Saint George, AD 275 – c. AD 303
  19. Maxentius, AD 278 – AD 312
  20. Saint Lucy, c. AD 283 – AD 304
  21. Catherine of Alexandria, c. AD 285 – AD 305
  22. Pappus of Alexandria, c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  23. Agnes of Rome, c. AD 291 – AD 304
  24. Athanasius of Alexandria, AD 296 – AD 373

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When Saint Lucy died, Pope Marcellus I was 48 or 49, Maximinus Daza was 33 or 34, Magnentius was about a year old and Januarius was 31 or 32.

Born during Saint Lucy’s lifetime: Athanasius of Alexandria, Agnes of Rome, Pappus of Alexandria, Margaret the Virgin, Magnentius, Pachomius the Great, Emperor Nintoku and Saint Nino.

Not quite contemporaries: Plotinus died about 10 years before Saint Lucy was born, Aurelian died about 5 years before Saint Lucy was born, Pope Damasus I was born months after Saint Lucy died and Pope Dionysius died about 12 years before Saint Lucy was born.

Where Saint Lucy’s contemporaries were born

Saint Lucy is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (37 of 40 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

Compare Saint Lucy

The 39 best-known contemporaries

39 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Saint Lucy. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 295.

  1. Constantine the Great c. AD 272 – AD 337
  2. Diocletian 240s – AD 316
  3. Saint George AD 275 – c. AD 303
  4. Athanasius of Alexandria AD 296 – AD 373
  5. Arius 250s – AD 336
  6. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  7. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  8. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  9. Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
  10. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  11. Catherine of Alexandria c. AD 285 – AD 305
  12. Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
  13. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  14. Saint Sebastian c. AD 255 – AD 287
  15. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  16. Galerius AD 258 – AD 311
  17. Saint Barbara AD 273 – AD 306
  18. Maxentius AD 278 – AD 312
  19. Agnes of Rome c. AD 291 – AD 304
  20. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  21. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  22. Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
  23. Pappus of Alexandria c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  24. Margaret the Virgin c. AD 292 – c. AD 307
  25. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  26. Magnentius AD 303 – AD 353
  27. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  28. Pachomius the Great AD 292 – AD 348
  29. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  30. Saint Pantaleon c. AD 280 – AD 305
  31. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  32. Januarius AD 272 – AD 305
  33. Saint Nino AD 296 – AD 335
  34. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  35. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  36. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366
  37. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  38. Ermanaric c. AD 291 – c. AD 376
  39. Saint Vitus AD 290 – AD 303