Saint Valentine

Roman physician

Born AD 175 · died 14 February AD 273, aged 97 or 98
Also known as Valentinus, Valentin de Rome, Saint Valentine of Terni

Who was alive at the same time as Saint Valentine?

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When Saint Valentine was born, Marcus Aurelius was 53 or 54, Septimius Severus was 28 or 29, Commodus was 13 or 14, Didius Julianus was 41 or 42 and Pertinax was 48 or 49.

When Saint Valentine died, Aurelian was 58, Anthony the Great was 21 or 22, Constantius Chlorus was 22 or 23, Pope Marcellus I was 18 and Probus was 40.

Born during Saint Valentine’s lifetime: Plotinus, Diocletian, Caracalla, Aurelian, Elagabalus, Origen, Pope Sixtus II and Pope Dionysius.

Not quite contemporaries: Ptolemy died about 2 years before Saint Valentine was born, Saint George was born about 2 years after Saint Valentine died, Antoninus Pius died about 13 years before Saint Valentine was born and Lucius Verus died about 5 years before Saint Valentine was born.

What happened in Saint Valentine’s lifetime

Battle of Red Cliffs AD 208

Where Saint Valentine’s contemporaries were born

Saint Valentine is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (70 of 81 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Saint Valentine: Terni
Lucian: Samosata
Marcus Aurelius: Rome
Didius Julianus: Mediolanum
Septimius Severus: Leptis Magna
Nagarjuna: South India
Commodus: Lanuvium
Macrinus: Cherchell
Pope Cornelius: Rome
Origen: Alexandria
Caracalla: Lugdunum
Pope Dionysius: Roman Empire
Pope Fabian: Rome
Diophantus: Alexandria
Decius: Martinci
Elagabalus: Rome
Plotinus: Asyut
Severus Alexander: Tell Arqa
Pope Sixtus II: Greece
Aurelian: Sirmium
Diocletian: Doclea
Arius: Cyrenaica
Eusebius: Caesarea Maritima
Pertinax: Alba
Irenaeus: İzmir
Anthony the Great: Coma
Clement of Alexandria: Athens
Philip the Arab: Shahba
Constantius Chlorus: Dardania
Valerian: Roman Empire
Mani: Ctesiphon
Pope Marcellus I: Rome
Maximinus Thrax: Thrace
Helena, mother of Constantine I: Helenopolis
Claudius Gothicus: Sremska Mitrovica
Gordian I: Phrygia
Gordian III: Rome
Licinius: Felix Romuliana
Porphyry of Tyre: Tyre
Saint Sebastian: Narbonne
Ardashir I: Istakhr
Geta: Rome
Saint Lawrence: Osca
Maximian: Sirmium
Pausanias: Asia
Aemilianus: Djerba
Probus: Sirmium
Galerius: Dacia
Tacitus: Terni
Trebonianus Gallus: Perugia
Quintillus: Sirmium
Agatha of Sicily: Catania
Zenobia: Palmyra
Hippolytus of Rome: Anatolia
Cecilia of Rome: Rome
Carus: Narbonne
Zhuge Liang: Yinan County
Florianus: Terni
Iamblichus: Qinnasrin
Hostilian: Sremska Mitrovica
Maximinus Daza: Gamzigrad
Numerian: Nicomedia
Ulpian: Tyre
Aulus Gellius: Rome
Guan Yu: Yanhu District
Herennius Etruscus: Pannonia
Clodius Albinus: Hadrumetum
Cao Pi: Bozhou
Gregory the Illuminator: Armenia
Saloninus: Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium

Compare Saint Valentine

The 94 best-known contemporaries

94 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Saint Valentine. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 224.

Marcus Aurelius AD 121 – AD 180
Nagarjuna c. AD 150 – c. AD 250
Lucian c. AD 120 – c. AD 180
Plotinus AD 205 – AD 270
Tertullian c. AD 160 – c. AD 240
Diocletian 240s – AD 316
Septimius Severus AD 146 – AD 211
Caracalla AD 188 – AD 217
Aurelian AD 214 – AD 275
Commodus AD 161 – AD 192
Elagabalus AD 203 – AD 222
Origen c. AD 184 – AD 254
Pope Sixtus II c. AD 215 – AD 258
Pope Dionysius c. AD 200 – AD 268
Diophantus c. AD 200 – c. AD 284
Severus Alexander AD 208 – AD 235
Pope Cornelius c. AD 180 – AD 253
Pope Fabian c. 200s – AD 250
Arius 250s – AD 336
Eusebius c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
Didius Julianus AD 133 – AD 193
Macrinus c. AD 164 – AD 218
Decius AD 201 – AD 251
Pertinax AD 126 – AD 193
Irenaeus c. AD 130 – c. AD 202
Anthony the Great AD 251 – c. AD 357
Clement of Alexandria c. AD 150 – c. AD 215
Philip the Arab c. AD 204 – AD 249
Constantius Chlorus AD 250 – AD 306
Valerian c. AD 199 – c. AD 265
Mani c. AD 216 – c. AD 276
Pope Marcellus I AD 255 – AD 309
Maximinus Thrax AD 173 – AD 238
Helena, mother of Constantine I c. AD 250 – AD 330
Claudius Gothicus AD 214 – AD 270
Cao Cao AD 155 – AD 220
Gordian I AD 159 – AD 238
Gordian III AD 225 – AD 244
Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
Gallienus c. AD 218 – AD 268
Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
Saint Sebastian c. AD 255 – AD 287
Ardashir I AD 180 – c. AD 242
Geta AD 189 – AD 211
Cyprian c. AD 200 – AD 258
Saint Lawrence AD 225 – AD 258
Maximian c. AD 245 – AD 310
Pausanias c. AD 113 – c. AD 180
Aemilianus AD 207 – AD 253
Probus AD 232 – AD 282
Galerius AD 258 – AD 311
Balbinus AD 178 – AD 238
Tacitus AD 200 – AD 276
Trebonianus Gallus AD 206 – AD 253
Quintillus AD 212 – AD 270
Agatha of Sicily AD 235 – AD 261
Gordian II 190s – AD 238
Zenobia c. AD 240 – AD 274
Hippolytus of Rome c. AD 170 – AD 235
Cecilia of Rome c. AD 200 – c. AD 230
Diadumenian AD 208 – AD 218
Carus c. AD 222 – AD 283
Zhuge Liang AD 181 – AD 234
Florianus AD 232 – AD 276
Iamblichus c. AD 245 – c. AD 325
Carinus AD 250 – AD 285
Hostilian c. AD 232 – AD 251
Lactantius c. AD 240 – c. AD 320
Maximinus Daza AD 270 – AD 313
Volusianus AD 230 – AD 253
Numerian AD 254 – AD 284
Ulpian AD 170 – AD 228
Aulus Gellius c. AD 130 – c. AD 180
Guan Yu AD 160 – AD 220
Herennius Etruscus c. AD 227 – AD 251
Clodius Albinus AD 150 – AD 197
Cao Pi AD 187 – AD 226
Gregory the Illuminator AD 239 – c. AD 327
Saloninus AD 242 – AD 260
Gaius c. 120s – c. AD 180
Liu Bei AD 161 – AD 223
Sun Quan AD 182 – AD 252
Novatian AD 220 – AD 258
Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
Herodian c. AD 170 – c. AD 250
Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
Papinian AD 142 – c. AD 212
Vologases V AD 130 – AD 208
Januarius AD 272 – AD 305
Dionysius of Alexandria AD 190 – AD 264
Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
Herodes Atticus c. AD 101 – AD 177
Sextus Julius Africanus c. AD 160 – c. AD 240