Who Was Alive
Saint Sebastian
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Saint Sebastian

Roman soldier

Born c. AD 255 · died 20 January AD 287
Also known as St. Sebastian, St Sebastian

Who was alive at the same time as Saint Sebastian?

  1. Saint Valentine, AD 175 – AD 273
  2. Pope Dionysius, c. AD 200 – AD 268
  3. Cyprian, c. AD 200 – AD 258
  4. Diophantus, c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  5. Valerian, c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  6. Plotinus, AD 205 – AD 270
  7. Pope Sixtus II, c. AD 215 – AD 258
  8. Mani, c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  9. Claudius Gothicus, AD 214 – AD 270
  10. Aurelian, AD 214 – AD 275
  11. Gallienus, c. AD 218 – AD 268
  12. Porphyry of Tyre, c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  13. Diocletian, 240s – AD 316
  14. Helena, mother of Constantine I, c. AD 250 – AD 330
  15. Arius, 250s – AD 336
  16. Constantius Chlorus, AD 250 – AD 306
  17. Anthony the Great, AD 251 – c. AD 357
  18. Saint Sebastian, c. AD 255 – AD 287
  19. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309
  20. Licinius, c. AD 263 – AD 325
  21. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  22. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  23. Saint George, AD 275 – c. AD 303
  24. Saint Lucy, c. AD 283 – AD 304

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When Saint Sebastian died, Saint George was 11 or 12, Anthony the Great was 35 or 36, Constantius Chlorus was 36 or 37, Pope Marcellus I was 32 and Galerius was 28 or 29.

Born during Saint Sebastian’s lifetime: Constantine the Great, Saint George, Eusebius, Saint Lucy, Licinius, Galerius, Saint Barbara and Maxentius.

Not quite contemporaries: Tertullian died about 9 years before Saint Sebastian was born, Athanasius of Alexandria was born about 9 years after Saint Sebastian died, Pope Fabian died about 2 years before Saint Sebastian was born and Decius died about a year before Saint Sebastian was born.

Where Saint Sebastian’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

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The 51 best-known contemporaries

51 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Saint Sebastian. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 272.

  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. Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
  7. Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
  8. Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
  9. Arius 250s – AD 336
  10. Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  11. Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
  12. Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
  13. Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
  14. Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
  15. Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
  16. Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
  17. Saint Lucy c. AD 283 – AD 304
  18. Saint Valentine AD 175 – AD 273
  19. Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
  20. Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
  21. Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
  22. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  23. Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
  24. Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
  25. Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
  26. Probus AD 232 – AD 282
  27. Galerius AD 258 – AD 311
  28. Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
  29. Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
  30. Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
  31. Saint Barbara AD 273 – AD 306
  32. Maxentius AD 278 – AD 312
  33. Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
  34. Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
  35. Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
  36. Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
  37. Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
  38. Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
  39. Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
  40. Numerian AD 254 – AD 284
  41. Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
  42. Saloninus AD 242 – AD 260
  43. Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
  44. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  45. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  46. Saint Pantaleon c. AD 280 – AD 305
  47. Januarius AD 272 – AD 305
  48. Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
  49. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  50. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  51. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366