Who Was Alive
Saint Vitus
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Saint Vitus

Born AD 290 · died AD 303, aged 12 or 13
Also known as Vitus, Sanctus Vitus

Who was alive at the same time as Saint Vitus?

  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. Pope Marcellus I, AD 255 – AD 309
  11. Galerius, AD 258 – AD 311
  12. Licinius, c. AD 263 – AD 325
  13. Eusebius, c. AD 265 – c. AD 340
  14. Constantine the Great, c. AD 272 – AD 337
  15. Maximinus Daza, AD 270 – AD 313
  16. Saint Barbara, AD 273 – AD 306
  17. Saint George, AD 275 – c. AD 303
  18. Maxentius, AD 278 – AD 312
  19. Saint Lucy, c. AD 283 – AD 304
  20. Catherine of Alexandria, c. AD 285 – AD 305
  21. Pappus of Alexandria, c. AD 290 – c. AD 350
  22. Agnes of Rome, c. AD 291 – AD 304
  23. Saint Vitus, AD 290 – AD 303
  24. Athanasius of Alexandria, AD 296 – AD 373

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When Saint Vitus was born, Saint George was 14 or 15, Anthony the Great was 38 or 39, Constantius Chlorus was 39 or 40, Pope Marcellus I was 34 or 35 and Galerius was 31 or 32.

When Saint Vitus died, Athanasius of Alexandria was 6 or 7, Anthony the Great was 51 or 52, Constantius Chlorus was 52 or 53, Pope Marcellus I was 47 or 48 and Galerius was 44 or 45.

Born during Saint Vitus’s lifetime: Athanasius of Alexandria, Pachomius the Great, Saint Nino and Macarius of Egypt.

Not quite contemporaries: Aurelian died about 15 years before Saint Vitus was born, Pope Damasus I was born about 2 years after Saint Vitus died, Martin of Tours was born about 13 years after Saint Vitus died and Diophantus died about 3 years before Saint Vitus was born.

Where Saint Vitus’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

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The 37 best-known contemporaries

37 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Saint Vitus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 297.

  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. Saint Lucy c. AD 283 – AD 304
  12. Catherine of Alexandria c. AD 285 – AD 305
  13. Licinius c. AD 263 – AD 325
  14. Porphyry of Tyre c. AD 233 – c. AD 301
  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. Pope Alexander I of Alexandria AD 250 – AD 326
  27. Pachomius the Great AD 292 – AD 348
  28. Paul of Thebes c. AD 227 – c. AD 342
  29. Saint Pantaleon c. AD 280 – AD 305
  30. Emperor Nintoku AD 290 – AD 399
  31. Januarius AD 272 – AD 305
  32. Saint Nino AD 296 – AD 335
  33. Liu Hui c. AD 225 – c. AD 295
  34. Arnobius AD 255 – AD 327
  35. Saint Marinus AD 275 – AD 366
  36. Macarius of Egypt c. AD 301 – AD 391
  37. Ermanaric c. AD 291 – c. AD 376