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==Third Century (201-300)==
*202 Great Martyr [[Haralampus of Magnesia|Haralampus]], Bp. of [[w:Magnesia|Magnesia]], [[february 10]]; [[Leonides of Alexandria]], father of [[Origen]]

====202-211 (5th) Persecutions of Christians under Emperor Septimius Severus (193-211)====
*203 [[Charalampias]], [[Gundenis]] and [[Perpetua and Felicitas]], martyred in Carthage, North Africa [[March 7]].
*204 Death of [[Zoticus of Comana]], Bp. of Comana.
*205 Death of [[Basilides and Potamiana]]
*208 Death of subdeacon [[Andeolus]], head pierced by a wooden knife [[May 1]].
*209 ''c,'' [[Alban]], first martyr of Britain in Verulamium, [[June 17]].
*211 [[Serapion of Antioch]], Patriarch of Antioch [[October 30]].
*212 Deaths of [[Felix, Fortunatus and Achilleus]]; [[Ferreolus and Ferrutio]]; [[Mavilus of Adrumetum]], killed by wild beasts; ''c,'' [[Narcissus of Jerusalem]], Patriarch of Jerusalem. {{citation}}
*215 Death of ''c,-217'' [[Clement of Alexandria]]; [[Apostle Narcissus|Narcissus]], bishop of Jerusalem/Athens {{citation}} [[October 31]].
*217 Death of [[Zephyrinus]], Bp. of Rome [[December 20]].
*222 Death of [[Bardaisan of Edessa]], Syriac gnostic and heretic.
*225 Death of [[Tertullian]].
*228 Death of [[Martina of Rome]].
*230 [[Tatiana of Rome]] and her father, beheaded in Rome [[January 12]]; Cecelia; [[Thespesius of Cappadocia]], [[June 1]]; [[Urban I of Rome|Urban I]], Bp. of Rome [[May 25]].
*231 Death of [[Demetrius of Alexandria]].
*232 Death of [[Calepodius]].

====235-238 (6th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Maximinus the Thracian====
*235 [[Andrew of Trier]], Bp. of Trier.
*236 Death of [[Hippolytus of Rome]] in Sardinia, in exile from Rome; [[Anterus]], Bp. of Rome [[January 3]]

====249-251 (7th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Decius.====
*249 ''c,'' [[Christopher of Lycia]], ''the Cynocephalus'', martyr [[May 9]].
*250 The [[Seven Youths of Ephesus]] hide in cave to escape the persecutions of Decius and sleep for 184 years, [[August 4]]; ''martyr'' Myron the Presbyter of Cyzicus, beheaded by the sword under Decius, [[August 17]]; ''c,'' [[Fabian of Rome|Fabian]], Bp. of Rome, arrested and dies as martyr probably from treatment in prison; [[Babylas of Antioch|Babylas]], Bp. of Antioch, dies in prison under Decius; [[Alexander of Jerusalem|Alexander]], Bp. of Jerusalem dies in prison under Decius; Matrydom of [[Christopher of Lycia]]; Martyrdom of [[Cyprian and Justina]] at Nicomedia; Hieromartyr Leonidas, Bp. of Athens.

*251 ''c,'' [[Agatha of Palermo|Agatha]], martyred in Sicily, [[February 5]]; [[Isidore of Chios|Isidore]] and [[Myrope of Chios|Myrope]] of Chios, d. [[December 2]]; [[Alexander of Jerusalem|Alexander]], Bp. of Cappadocia and coadjutor Bp. of Jerusalem dies imprisoned, [[May 16]]/[[December 12]].
*253 Hieromartyr [[Babylas of Antioch|Babylas]], Bp. of Antioch beheaded [[September 4]]. 
*254 [[Origen]] dies in Tyre from consequences of imprisonment during Decian persecutions.

; Date unknown
*Martyrs Coronatus, Thyrsus, Leucius, and their companions suffered in Bythnian Caesarea and Apollonia under Emperor Decius, [[August 17]].
*[[Anastasia the Roman]], died under Emperor Decius, [[October 29]].

====257-260 (8th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Valerian (253-260)====
*257 Stephen, Bp. of Rome, dies, perhaps martyred; Novatian martyred during persecution under Valerian.

*258 
** Chief prison guard, [[Hippolytus of Rome|Hippolytus]] and all his household, converted by Martyr [[Lawrence of Rome|Laurence]].
** Roman soldier Romanus baptised by Martyr [[Lawrence of Rome|Laurence]], and immediately beheaded [[August 9]].
** Roman Martyr [[Lawrence of Rome|Laurence]], Archdeacon, d. [[August 10]] 
** Roman Martyrs Pope Xystus II (Sixtus), Deacon Felicissimus, and Deacon Agapitus, d. [[August 10]]; 
** [[Hippolytus of Rome]], dragged by wild horses over stones, d. [[August 13]].
** [[Concordia of Rome]], foster mother of [[Hippolytus of Rome|Hippolytus]], executed and body thrown into an unclean place, [[August 13]]. 
** Martyrs [[Irenaeus of Rome|Irenaeus]] and [[Abundius of Rome|Abundius]], bury Concordia beside Hippolytus. 
** Martyrs [[Irenaeus of Rome|Irenaeus]] and [[Abundius of Rome|Abundius]], drowned [[August 26]]. 
** Other Christians bury martyrs [[Irenaeus of Rome|Irenaeus]] and [[Abundius of Rome|Abundius]], near the relics of Archdeacon [[Lawrence of Rome|Laurence]].
**Xystus II, Bp. of Rome; [[Cyprian of Carthage]], [[September 14]].

*260 [[Paul of Samosata]], (Deposed) Bp. of Antioch, by way of his teachings paves way for [[Arianism]] and does shocking things in personal and public life.

====260-270 Persecutions====
*265 [[Dionysius of Alexandria|Dionysius]], Bp. of Alexandria d. [[November 17]] (fd:[[October 5]]).
*268 ''Gallienus murdered.''
*269 [[Anthony the Great|Anthony]] dedicates life to asceticism.

====270-275 Persecution of Christians under Emperor Aurelian====
*270 [[Gregory the Wonderworker|Gregory Thaumaturgus]], Bp. of Neocaesarea, founder of the Church in Cappadocia d. [[November 17]].
** ''First report that [[Paul of Thebes]] fed daily by ravens;''
** ''Plotinus dies; Claudius II dies of plague''
*275 [[Mamas of Caesarea]], martyred at the age of 15, along with his parents Theodotus and Rufinaon [[September 2]].

''Aurelian murdered.''

;Unknown dates
*Martyr Paul, and his sister Juliana, of Syria executed under Aurelian in the Phoenician city of Ptolemais, [[August 17]].
*Martyr Patroclus of Troyes, executed under Aurelian on the banks of the River Sequanum (now the Seine), [[August 17]]. His body was buried by night by the priest Eusebius and deacon Liberius.

====275-300 Persecutions====
*276 ''Tacitus murdered.''
*281 ''Probus murdered.''
*283 ''Virgin-martyrs, husband and wife'' [[Chrysanthus]] and [[Daria]] martyred [[March 19]].
*284 Martyrdom of Cosmas and Damian; [[Andrew Stratelates]] ("the General") and 2,593 soldiers with him in Cilicia; [[August 19]].
*286 Martyrs [[Timothy and Mavra]].
*287 [[Maurice]], [[October 5]].
*290 [[Anastasia the Deliverer from Potions|Anastasia the ''Pharmakolitria'']] martyred by fire in Sirmium, [[December 22]].
*295 [[Susanna the Virgin]] <ref>"At Rome, commemoration of Saint Susanna, in whose name, which was mentioned among the martyrs in ancient lists, the basilica of the titular church of Gaius at the Baths of Diocletian was dedicated to God in the sixth century." ''Martyrologium Romanum'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001 ISBN 88-209-7210-7)</ref> beheaded at the command of Diocletian, [[August 11]].
*296 [[Susanna the Virgin|Gaius]] Bp. of Rome, Presbyter [[Susanna the Virgin|Gabinus]] and [[Susanna the Virgin|Maximus the brother of Gabinus]] <ref>There relics are venerated in the non-Orthodox Holy Trinity church in Lyon, France.</ref> beheaded [[August 11]]
*298 [[Karterios]], [[January 8]]; Martyr Diomedes the Physician of Tarsus in Cilicia [[August 29]].

; Unknown dates
* Hieromartyr Therapon, Bp. of Cyprus, [[May 25]], ''c.'' 284-305 under Diocletian.
* Sozon of Cilicia, d. [[September 7]], ''c.'' 284-305 under Emperor Maximian.
* [[Ten Holy Martyrs of Crete]], [[December 23]].

==Fourth Century (301-400)==
*302 20,000 Martyrs burned at Nicomedia including Glycerius, Zeno, Theophilus, Dorotheus, Mardonius, Migdonius, Indes, Gorgonius, Peter, Euthymius, and the virgins Agape, Domna, Theophila and others, [[January 10]].

====303-311 (10th) Persecution of Christians under [[w:Diocletian|Diocletian]], identified as the [[w:Diocletianic Persecution|Great Persecution]]====
*303 '''Great-Martyr [[George the Trophy-bearer]]''', at Nicomedia; Acacius, the Centurion, beheaded at Byzantium [[May 7]]; Great-martyr [[Procopius of Scythopolis]], beheaded in Caesaria Maritima [[July 7]]; martyrdom of [[Genesius of Rome|Genesius, the Actor]], from Rome, [[August 25]].

*304 Marcellinus, Bp. of Rome, dies during persecution; [[Amphibalus]], died at Verulamium (St Albans) Hertforshire, [[June 25]]; [[Marina of Antioch]], [[July 17]]; ''Martyr'' [[Euplus of Catania|Euplus]], Archdeacon of Catania, beheaded [[August 11]] <ref>The holy relics of [[Euplus of Catania]] are in the village of Vico della Batonia, near Naples.</ref>; Martyrs [[Timothy, Agapius and Thekla of Palestine]], d. [[August 19]]; [[Charitina of Amisus]], [[October 5]]; [[Lucy of Syracuse]], [[December 13]]; [[Anysia of Thessaloniki]], [[December 30]].

*305 '''Great martyrs: [[Panteleimon]]''' [[ July 27]]; '''[[Catherine of Alexandria]]''', d. [[November 24|Nov 24]]; '''[[Barbara of Heliopolis]]''', [[December 4]]; Martyrs Anicetus of Nicomedia and his nephew Photius <ref>Sts. Anicetus and Photius are mentioned in the prayers for the Blessing of Oil and the Lesser Blessing of Water (BOOK OF NEEDS, 1987, p. 230).</ref>, [[August 12]].
*306 '''Great martyrs:''' '''[[Theodore of Tyron]]''', [[February 17]]; '''[[Demetrios of Thessaloniki]]''', [[October 26]]; Bp. [[Parthenios of Lampsacus]]; [[Adrian and Natalia|Adrian]], is martyred [[March 4]] at Nicomedia <ref>The accuracy of the dating is in question; some sources state that there were actually two Adrians martyred at Nicomedia, one under Diocletian, and one under Licinius. Saint Hadrian shares a feast day with his wife on [[September 8]]; he also has feast day alone on [[March 4]] and [[August 26]].</ref>; Cyril, Bp.of Antioch, dies at mines; ''Martyrs'' Aristocles, the Presbyter of Cyprus, Deacon Demetrian and Athanasius the Reader beheaded in Salamis under Maximian Galerius, [[June 20]].
*309 Great-martyr [[Menas of Egypt]], [[November 11]].

====310-379 (11th) Persecution of Christians under Persian King [[w:Shapur II|Shapur II]]====
*310 Habbib of Edessa martyred.
*311 [[Agathodorus of Cherson]] d. [[March 7]]; Peter I, bishop of Alexandria, martyred.
*312 [[Lucian of Antioch]] dies in Nicomedia from torments suffered during persecution, [[January 7]]; ''Hieromartyr'' [[Methodius of Patara|Methodius]], Bp. of Patara (Lycia in Asia Minor), beheaded [[June 20]].
*313 Maximian dies in Tarsus, ''ca.'' August.
*314 [[Miltiades of Rome]], d. [[January 10]] (fd: [[December 10]]).
''ca.'' ''death of Tiridates, king of Armenia (or as late as 330)''.
*315 ''c,'' [[Alexandra the Empress|Alexandra (''Prisca'')]], Empress of Rome and wife of [[w:Diocletian|Diocletian]] executed by [[w:Licinius|Licinius]], [[April 21]]
*316 [[Blaise of Sebaste|Blaise]], bishop of Sebaste and physician, martyred under Licinius along with 2 children and seven women [[February 11]].
''ca. death of Diocletian'';
*318 Martyr [[Eubotius]] at Cyzicus, d. [[December 18]] <ref> Lives of the Saints for the Whole Year by St. Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain (18th century)</ref>
*319 Matyrdom of [[Theodore Stratelates]] ("the General"), under Licinius, [[February 8]].
*320 ''ca,'' The [[Forty Martyrs of Sebaste]] in Armenia.
*325 '''The Holy Cross''' is found in Jerusalem by the Empress Helen [[September 14]]; '''First Ecumenical Council''' at Nicea.
*326 [[Alexander of Alexandria|Alexander]], Abp. of Alexandria, d. [[April 17]] (fd:[[May 29]]); repose of  [[Metrophanes of Constantinople|Metrophanes, 26th Bp. of Constantinople]] at the age of 114, [[June 4]]; ''c,'' Papa, Bp. of Nisibis dies.
*329 [[Irene of Thessaloniki ]] d. [[May 5]]; [[Helen|Helena]], mother of [[Constantine the Great|Constantine]] d. [[May 21]]; [[Gregory the Theologian]] born in Arianzus of Cappadocia.
*332 [[Gregory the Enlightener]] of Armenia.
*335 Sylvester I, Bp. of Rome d. [[December 31]].
*336 ''Death of Arius, perhaps poisoned just before he is to be restored to office of presbyter in Alexandria''
*337 [[Constantine the Great]], shortly after baptism at Pascha in Nicomedia, d. [[May 21]].
*340 ''c,''[[Eusebius of Caesarea]], Church historian; 
*341 ''c,'' [[Paul of Thebes]], considered first hermit by tradition, d. [[January 15]].
*344 Martyrdom of Simeon bar-Sabba'e.
*345 [[Nicholas of Myra]] [[December 6]]; ''c,'' Aphrat the Persian.
*346 ''c,'' [[Pachomius the Great]] dies of plague [[May 15]]; Barba'shmin, Bp. of Seleucia-Ctesiphon martyred [[January 14]].
*348 [[Spyridon of Trimythous|Spyridon]], Bp. of Trimythous reposed and buried at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Trimythous [[December 12]].
*350 ''Wonder-worker'' [[Myron the Wonderworker|Myron]], Bp. of Crete, [[August 8]]
*351 Apparition of the Sign of the Precious Cross Over Jerusalem, [[May 7]].
*355 ''Equal-to-the-Apostles'' [[Nino of Cappadocia]], reposed in Bodbe of Georgia [[January 14]].
*356 [[Anthony the Great]], reposed [[January 17]].
*358 [[Hosius the Confessor]], Bp. of Córdoba, [[August 27]].
*362 ''hieromartyr'' [[Reginos of Skopelos|Reginos]], Bp. of Skopelos, beheaded, [[February 25]]; [[Dorotheus of Tyre|Dorotheus]], Bp. of Tyre, [[June 5]]; ''hieromartyr'' [[Basil of Ancyra|Basil]], Bp. of Ancyra, executed under [[Julian the Apostate]] [[June 29]] (fd.[[January 1]]).
*367 [[Hilary of Poitiers|Hilary]], Bp. of Poitiers [[January 13]].
*373 [[Athanasius the Great]], Bp. of Alexandria (d.[[May 2]]/fd.[[January 18]]); [[Ephrem the Syrian]].    
*379 [[Basil the Great]], Bp. of Caesarea [[January 1]].
*380 [[Patapius of Thebes|Patapius]] born in the Egyptian city of Thebes.
*383 [[Frumentius of Axum]], Bp. of Axum and Apostle to Ethiopia, [[November 30]].
*385 [[Gregory of Nyssa|Gregory]], Bp. of Nyssa and prominent theologian, reposed peacefully [[January 10]].
*386 [[Cyril of Jerusalem]]; the Mother of God icon [[Panagia Soumela|"Soumela"]], painted by [[Apostle Luke|Luke]], left in a cave by St. Barnabas, and his acolyte St. Sophronios, is found at Mount Mela, Pontus of Asia Minor and renamed.
*387 [[Monica of Hippo]], mother of [[Augustine of Hippo]], [[May 4]].
*390 [[Macarius the Great]], <ref>According to the Coptic Orthodox Synaxarium this date is 392. He was ninety-seven years old.</ref> [[January 19]]
*391 [[Gregory the Theologian]], ABp. of Constantinople, reposed peacefully [[January 25]].    
*397 [[Martin of Tours|Martin]], Bp. of Tours, d. [[November 11]] at Candes; [[Ambrose of Milan|Ambrose]], Bp. of Milan d. [[April 4]] (fd:[[December 7]]) 
*398 ''c,'' Martyrdom of 10,000 Fathers of the Scetis by Patriarch [[Theophilus of Alexandria]].

====Unknown dates====
*[[Acepsimus, Joseph, and Aeithalas]], d. [[September 1]]
*3628 [[Martyrs of Nicomedia]],  d. [[September 2]]
*[[Dorotheos of Gaza]], d. [[September 16]]

==Fifth century (401-500)==
*404 Martyrdom of [[Telemachus]].
*406 At the age of 29 [[Euthymius the Great]] arrives in Jerusalem.
*407 [[John Chrysostom]] in exile.
*410 ''Probable end of Roman occupation of Britain''; Pelagian is driven out of Britain by the Goths of Alaric and moves to Palestine.
*411 [[Euthymius the Great]] and [[Theoctistus]] commence asceticism together.
*412 [[Patrick of Ireland]] has a vision of God informing him that he will leave for Ireland; Barnabas of Asia Minor, and his nephew Sophronius, [[August 18]].
*415 ''Pelagianism is attacked at the [[Council of Diospolis]]''
*418 ''Pelagianism is condemned at the [[Council of Carthage]]''
*419 King [[Brychan of Brecknock]] born, ca. 419, in South Wales.
*429 [[Sisoes the Great]]; [[Celestine of Rome|Celestine I]] dispatches prominent Gallo-Roman Bishops [[Germanus of Auxerre]] and Lupus of Troyes to Britain as missionary bishops and to combat the [[Pelagianism|Pelagian]] heresy.
*430 [[Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]], bishop of Hippo d.[[August 28]] (fd.[[June 15]]); [[Patrick of Ireland]] ordained by St. [[Germannus of Auxerre|Germannus]], Bp. of Auxerre.
*431 [[Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]] and Pelagius;
*432 [[Ninian]], Apostle to the Picts; [[Celestine of Rome]], [[Bishop of Rome]], d.[[April 6]] (fd.[[April 8|8]]); [[Patrick of Ireland|Patrick]] sent from Aesir in Gaul to mission to Ireland.
*434 The [[Seven Youths of Ephesus]] <ref>Maximilian, Iamblicus, Martinian, John, Dionysius, Exacustodianus (Constantine) and Antoninus.</ref> resurrect after sleeping in a cave for 184 years (250AD), s. [[August 4]] d. [[October 22]].
*435 [[John Cassian]] and [[Acacius of Melitene]].
*440 [[Alexios the Man of God]], [[March 17]]; [[Materiana]] born in Gwent of Wales.
*444 [[Cyril of Alexandria]].
*445 Founding of monastery at Armagh in northern Ireland.
*447 [[Germannus of Auxerre|Germannus]] returns to Britain with Severus and heals a lame youth, condemns Pelagian heretics.
*450 [[Peter Chrysologus]]; First monasteries established in Wales; Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britian.
*455  Germanic Saxons and Angles conquer Britain, founding several independent kingdoms.
*459 [[Symeon the Stylite]]; Death of [[Auxilius of Ireland]].<ref group="note">St. [[Auxilius of Ireland]]: The date of death is also given as 454 or 455, see Sabine Baring-Gould, ''The Lives of the Saints'' (J. Hodges, 1898), 275.</ref>
*461 [[Leo the Great]]; Death of the Holy Hierarch St. [[Patrick of Ireland|Patrick]], the Apostle of Ireland, at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland<ref group="note">When he came to Ireland, as its enlightener, it was a pagan country; when he ended his earthly life some thirty years later, about 461, the Faith of Christ was established in every corner." (Great Horologion) The work of St Patrick and his brethren has been called the most successful single missionary venture in the history of the Church.</ref>[[Image:Post-Roman Britannia ca.500 AD.jpg|right|thumb|Post-Roman Britain, ca.500 AD.]]
*463 ''c,'' [[Patapius of Thebes]].
*466 [[Shenouda the Archimandrite|Shenouda the Great]] (Coptic).
*473 [[Euthymius the Great]], [[January 20]].
*474 [[Gildas the Wise]], "Badonnicus", [[January 29]].
*480 ‘’c,’’Death of St. [[w:Tydfil|Merthyr of Tydfil]], in Wales.
*484 [[Brendan the Navigator]] born at Tralee in Kerry, Ireland.
*486 [[Diadochos of Photiki|Diadochos]], Bp of Photiki, [[March 29]].
*490 [[Brigid of Kildaire]] founds monastery of Kildare in Ireland.
*493 [[Daniel the Stylite]], [[December 11]]; [[Gildas the Wise]] born in the lower valley of the Clyde in central Scotland.<ref group="note">The date of St. [[Gildas the Wise|Gildas']] birth can only tentatively be placed to the decades either side of the beginning of the Sixth Century. St. [[Bede]] indirectly suggests the year 493 for this event and this is the date adopted for this article.</ref>
*500 ‘’c,’’ Death of St. [[Gwynllyw of Wales]] (St. Gundleus), a Welsh King & Penitent, founder of [[w:Newport Cathedral|St Woolos Cathedral]] and father of Saint [[Cadoc]] the Wise.

;''Unknown dates:''
*[[Alexios the Man of God]], monk died in Rome [[March 17]].
*''King [[Brychan of Brecknock]] <ref>Famous for how many children he had</ref> of Brycheiniog, South Wales, [[April 6]].
*[[Padarn of Wales]], bishop and founder of Llandabarn Fawr, [[April 15]].
* Passarion, <ref>Passarion founded a monastery in Jerusalem. He was a chorepiskopos and a converser with St. [[Euthymius the Great]].</ref>first half of the fifth century [[August 11]].

==Sixth century (501-600)==
*503 Narsai, Syriac poet-theologian d. in Nisibis.
*507 ''c,'' [[John of Ephesus]], born.
*508 Pelagia ?
*520 [[Roman the Melodist]] moves to Constantinople from Syria; Benedict of Nursia moves to Monte Cassino; [[w:Clonard Abbey|Clonard Abbey]] is founded in Ireland by St. [[Finnian of Clonard]], where some of the most significant names in the history of Irish Christianity (who would go on to be known as the [[Twelve Apostles of Ireland]]) studied at.
*521 Birth of [[Columba of Iona]].
*523 ''c,'' [[Brigid of Kildaire|Brigid]], (''Mary of the Gael'', died at Kildair, Ireland, [[February 1]]; Philoxenus, Bp. of Mabbug, Syriac writer-theologian, d.
*524 Boethius executed by Theoderic.

*525 [[Cyril of Scythopolis]] born; death of St. [[Brigid of Kildaire]]; [[Gildas the Wise]] studies under St. [[Illtyd]] and travels to Ireland with [[David of Wales]] and [[Cadoc]], here he is ordained to the priesthood.
*526 Patr. Euphrasius, dies in earthquake.
*529 [[Theodosius the Great]].    
*530 [[Brendan the Navigator]] lands in Newfoundland, Canada, establishing a short-lived community of Irish monks.
*532 [[Sabbas the Sanctified]], d. [[December 5]].   
*533 [[Remigius of Rheims]], Bp. of Theims, 'the Apostle of the Franks', [[October 1]] and [[January 13]].
*536 [[Evagrius Scholasticus]], Church historian born.
*538 Patr. Severus, Syrian Orthodox (Monophysite) of Antioch dies.

*540 [[Kentigern of Glasgow|Kentigern]] appointed bishop to Strathclyde Britons (modern Glasgow); ''c,'' [[Elizabeth the Wonderworker]] of Constantinople, [[April 24]]; [[David the Dendrite]] (Tree-dweller), [[July 17]]; ''c,'' Barsanuphius dies.
*542 [[John of Ephesus|John]] sent to Ephesus by Justinian I.
*543 [[Benedict of Nursia]], died with arms lifted in prayer [[March 14]].
*545 [[Synod of Brefi]] at Llandewi Brefi in Wales condemns [[Pelagianism]]; Saint [[David of Wales]] moved the Primatial See of Britain from Caerleon to Menevia (St. Davids's).
*546 [[Columba of Iona|Columba]] founds monastery of Derry in Ireland.
*547 Saint [[David of Wales]] does obeisance to the Patriarch of Jerusalem.
*548 Empress Theodora dies.

*550 Notable writer [[John Moschus]] born; [[Aed of Ferns]] born at Inisbrefny, Ireland; Repose of St. [[Jarlath of Tuam]], 1st Bp. of Tuam.
*552 Aba I, catholicos of Church of the East, dies.
*553 [[Kentigern of Glasgow|Kentigern]], Bishop of Glasgow and Strathclyde exiled by pagans fleeing to Menevia, Wales.

*556 [[Columba of Iona|Columba]] founds monastery of Durrow in Irelandl; ''c, or 560'' [[Roman the Melodist]] [[October 1]]
*557 [[Brendan the Navigator]] founds monastery at Clonfert, Ireland.
*560 [[Cloud|Clodoald (Cloud)]], <ref>Saint [[Cloud]] was ordained a priest by Bishop Eusebius of Paris in 551.</ref> hermit at Nogent-Sur-Seine, Paris [[September 7]].
*565 ''General Belisarius dies.''
*566 Longinus sent to Nubia as missionary.
*570 ''c,'' [[John Climacus]] born; ''Year Muhammad born''.
*575 ''Church historian'' [[John Malalas]] dies.
*576 King [[Constantine of Britain|Constantine]] of Britain, [[May 9]].
*577 [[Brendan the Voyager]], abbot of Clonfert, [[May 16]]; Patr. [[John III Scholasticus]] of Constantinople dies.
*579 400 Martyrs slain by Lombards in Sicily.   
*580 [[Maximus the Confessor]] born; [[Aedan of Ferns]] returns to Ireland after studying under St. [[David in Wales]].
*582 [[Eutychius of Constantinople]], [[April 6]].
*584 ''c,'' [[Deiniol of Bangor|Deiniol]], abbot of Bangor, [[September 11]].
*594 [[Gregory of Tours|Gregory]], Bp. of Tours, ([[November 30|b. 30 Nov, ''c,'' 538]]) d. [[November 17]].
*597 [[Columba of Iona|Columba]], abbot of Iona, [[June 9]].
*599 [[Anastasius I of Antioch|Anastasius the ''Sinaite'']], bishop of Antioch, [[April 20]].


;''Unknown dates'' 6th-century:
* Branwallader or Brelade, [[January 19]].
*[[Cumein of Iona]], abbot of Iona, [[February 24]].
*[[Chad of Lichfield]], Bp. of Lichfield, [[March 2]].
*[[Brynach]], 6th century hermit, [[April 7]].
*[[Asaph of Llanelwy|Asaph]], Bp. of Llanelwy, [[May 1]].
*[[Hospitius the Hermit]], [[May 21]].
*[[Aldhelm of Sherborne|Aldhelm]], Bp. of Sherborne, [[May 25]].
*[[Sampson the Hospitable]], d. [[June 27]] and buried at the church of the holy Martyr Mocius, Constantinople; Severus, Presbyter of Interocrea, Italy, d. [[June 27]]
*[[Helier of Jersey]], cave-dweller of Jersey, martyred [[July 16]], ''c.'' 535-545
*[[Blane of Bute|Blane]], Bp. of Bute (Dunblane) and disciple of St. Comgall and Canice, [[August 11]]
*[[Sophronius, ABp. of Cyprus, [[December 9]]
*Damian, ABp. of Cyprus.

==Seventh century (601-700)==
*604 [[Gregory the Dialogist]].   
*605 [[Augustine of Canterbury|Augustine]], Archbishop of Canterbury, [[May 26]].
*612 [[Dubricius of Caerleon|Dubricius]], Abp. of Caerleon and Wales, [[November 14]].
*613 [[Theodore the Sykeote]], Bp. of Anastasiopolis, [[April 22]].
*614 65,000 Christians in Jerusalem massacred.   
*615 [[Columbanus]] in Italy.
*618 [[Donnan & companions]], abbot, monks and martyrs in Eigg, [[April 17]].
*625 [[Vitalius the Venerable]]
*632 [[Aed of Ferns|Aed]], bishop of Ferns, [[January 31]].
*633 [[Modestus of Jerusalem]]; [[Finbar of Cork|Finbar]], first bishop of Cork and confessor, [[September 25]].
*638 [[Maximus the Confessor]] speaks out against the ''"Exposition of Faith"'' heretical edict of emperor Heraclius and Patriarch Sergius; Patr. Sergius (heretical) dies.
*640 ''King'' [[Constantine of Strathclyde]], monk and confessor, [[March 11]]; [[Beuno the Wonderworker]], Abbot of Clynnog, died on the "7th day of Easter", (fd. [[April 21]]); [[Eanswythe]], Saxon princess descendant of King Saint [[Aethelbert]], [[August 31]].
*642 patr. [[Theodore I of Rome]], [[November 24]].
*647 [[Maximus the Confessor|Maximus]] returns Africa.
*649 [[Birinus of Dorchester|Birinus]], ABp. of Dorchester, d. [[December 3]].
*650 [[Fursey of Lagny|Fursey]], abbot of Lagny (Paris), [[January 7]]; Virgin-[[Martyr|martyr]] [[Dymphna]], [[May 15]]
*651 [[Aidan of Lindisfarne|Aidan]], bishop of Lindisfarne and disciple of St. Senan, [[August 31]].
*655 [[Martin the Confessor]].
*656 ''c, 659'' [[Maximus the Confessor]] tongue and right hand are cut off. 
*658 ''c,'' [[Felix of Burgundy]], enlightener of East Anglia, [[March 8]].
*662 [[Maximus the Confessor]] d. [[August 13]].
*664 [[Cedd of Lastingham]], bishop of the East Saxons, [[January 7]]; [[Boisil of Scotland|Boisil]], abbot of Melrose Abbey (Scotland), [[February 23]].
*670 Fiacre, hermit at Meauz (France), [[August 30]].
*672 [[Chad of Lichfield|Chad]], bishop of Lichfield, [[March 2]]
*679 [[Etheldreda of Ely|Etheldreda]], abbess of Ely and Queen of Northumbria, [[June 17]].
*680 [[Botolph of Icanho|Botolph]], abbot of Icanho (in East Anglia), [[June 17]]; [[Hilda of Whitby|Hilda]], abbess of Whitby, [[August 25]].
*681 ''c,'' [[Caedmon]], <ref>It is implied that [[Caedmon]] lived at Streonæshalch during Hilda’s abbacy (657–680). Book IV Chapter 25 of the ''Historia ecclesiastica'' appears to suggest that Cædmon’s death occurred at about the same time as the fire at Coldingham Abbey, an event dated in the E-text of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to 679, but after 681 by [[Bede]].</ref> [[February 11]]
** Transfer of the Relics of St [[Maximus the Confessor]] from Lazika to the Monastery of the Theotokos at Chrysopolis, Constantinople, [[August 13]].
*683 [[Ebba of Northumbria]], first abbess of Coldingham, Northumbria and daughter of King Ethelfrith, [[August 25]].
*685 [[Anastasius of Sinai]], <ref>Saint [[Anastasius of Sinai]] should not be confused with Saint [[Anastasius I of Antioch]] also called ''Anastasius of Sinai'' and venerated on the same day. They lived in separate centuries.</ref>, ascetic, [[April 20]]; [[Constantine the New]], Byzantine emperor, [[September 3]]  
*686 Theodore, ABp. of Constantinople, d. [[December 27]].
*687 [[Cuthbert of Lindisfarne|Cuthbert]], bishop of Lindisfarne, [[March 20]].
*689 [[Benedict Biscop]], abbot of Jarrow, died at Wearmouth, CoDurham, [[January 12]].  
*690 [[Theodore of Tarsus]], ABp. of Canterbury, [[September 19]]; Translation of the holy relics of [[Birinus of Dorchester|Birinus]], ABp. of Dorchester to Winchester.
*693 [[Erconwald of London|Eerconwald]], bishop of London [[April 30]].
*700 ''c,''[[Isaac of Syria]].

;''Unknown 7th-century dates:''

==Eighth century (701-800)==
*705 [[Bosa of York|Bosa]], Bp. of York reposed [[March 9]].
*706 [[Constantine of Beauvais|Constantine]], Bp. of Beauvais, [[June 15]].
*707 [[John Maron]].   
*712 ''c,'' [[Andrew of Crete|Andrew]], <ref>[[Andrew of Crete]]: Church historians are divided on the date of his death. Some suggest 712 and others 726.</ref> bishop of Crete dies in Mytilene, [[July 4]]
*714 [[Guthlac of Crowland]], hermit [[April 11]].
*716 [[Donald of Ogilvy]], Confessor of Scotland, [[July 15]].
*725 [[Cuthburga of Wimborne]], Queen and first abbess of Wimborne, [[August 31]].
*730 The Martyrs Julian, Marcian, John, James, Alexios, Dimitrios, Photios, Peter, Leontios, Maria the Patrician, the Protospatharios ("Sword-Captain") Gregory and Others suffered for holy icons under the Iconoclast emperor Leo the Isaurian (717-741), [[August 9]].
*731 [[Gerald of Mayo|Gerald]], bishop of Mayo, [[march 13]].
*734 [[Caintigern of Loch Lomond|Caintigern]] (Kentigerna), hermitess of Loch Lomond, daughter of Cellach Cualann, King of Leinster, d. [[January 7]].
*735 ''Venerable'' [[Bede]], monk of Jarrow, ''Father of English History'' d.[[May 25]].
*739 [[Willibrord]]
*749 [[John of Damascus]]
*752 [[Zacharias of Rome]]
*754 [[Boniface]], the ''Apostle to the Germans'' [[June 5]]
*774 Sarmean, the Catholicos of Kartli, Georgia, d. [[August 21]].
*778 [[Theodore of Pavia|Theodore]], Bp. of Pavia, [[May 20]].
*787 ''Iconodule'' [[Irene of Athens]] convenes [[Seventh Ecumenical Council|Second Council of Nicea]] to restore the practise of venerating icons, [[OCtober 11]]; ''c,'' [[Cosmas the Hymnographer]], Bp. of Majuma, [[October 12]].
*''Unknown dates:''
**[[Cuthman of Steyning]], founder of St Andrew's, Steyning, [[February 8]].
**[[Basil the Confessor]], <ref>[[Basil the Confessor]] is not to be confused with Basil the Confessor the companion of the venerable Procopius at Decapolis who is commemorated [[February 28]].</ref> bishop of Parium [[April 12]].
**[[Donald of Scotland]], died in Olgivy, Forfarshire (Scotland), [[July 15]].

==Nineth century (801-900)==
*803 [[Irene of Athens]], iconodule, d. [[August 9]] in Lesbos.
*806 Translation of the relics of ''Hieromartyr'' Therapon, Bp. of Cyprus, from Cyprus to Constantinople, [[November 12]].
*815 [[Emilian the Confessor]], Bp. of Cyzicus [[August 8]].
*820 Venerable [[Paul of Xeropotamou|Paul]], ''Procopius Cyropalates, son of Emperor Michael'', founder of the Xeropotamou monastery on Mount Athos, martyred under the iconoclastic Emperor Leo the Armenian [[July 28]]; ''Wonder-worker'' [[Barbaros the Myrrh-Gusher]], d. [[June 23]].
*821 Michael the Confessor, Bp. of Synnada, d. [[May 23]] at the city of Eudokiada.
*826 [[Theodore the Studite]], [[November 11]].
*828 Patr. [[Nicephorus I of Constantinople]].
*830 ''Venerable'' Macarius the Monk of Pelekete, d. [[August 18]].
*840 ''Confessor'' [[Theodore the Branded|Theodore]], Graptus "the Branded", brother of [[Theophanes the Confessor]], d. [[December 27]]; 
*850 Third discovery of the Venerable Head of the Holy Prophet, [[John the Baptist|Forerunner and Baptist John]], [[May 25]]; [[Theophanes the Confessor]], and Hymnographer, Bp. of Nicea, d. [[October 11]].
*865 [[Ansgar]], archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen, apostle and enlightener of Denmark died [[February 3]].
*867 [[Kassiani the Hymnographer|Kassiani]], Greek-Byzantine poet and hymnographer, who composed the ''[[Hymn of Kassiani]]'', chanted during [[Holy Week]] on Holy Wednesday.
*870 [[Rastislav of Moravia]]; martyrdom of [[Edmund the Martyr|Edmund]], King of East Anglia.
*876 [[john of Rila]] born in the village of Skrino, Bulgaria.
*877 [[Ignatius of Constantinople]].
*885 [[Cyril and Methodius|Methodius]]. 
*898 Translation of the relics of [[Lazarus]] to Constantinople, [[October 17]].
*899 [[Alfred the Great]].

; Unknown dates
* ''Hieromartyr Michael'', the Black-Robed, of St Sava' Monastery martyred in Jerusalem [[May 23]].
*[[Constantine of Synnada]], [[December 26]].

==Tenth century (901-1000)==
*910 [[Nahum of Ochrid]], disciple of [[Cyril and Methodius]], d. [[December 23]].
*912 [[Stephen the "New Light" of Constantinople|Stephen]], the "New Light" of Constantinople, d. [[December 9]].
*925 ''c,'' [[Peter of Argos]], [[May 3]].
*934 [[Birnstan of Winchester|Birnstan]], bishop of Winchester,  England and confessor, d.[[November 4]].
*935 Martyrdom of [[Wenceslas]], prince of the Czechs.
*944 Translation of the Image "Not-Made-By-Hands" of our Lord Jesus Christ from Edessa to Constantinople, [[August 29]].
*946 [[John of Rila]], d. [[August 18]].
*955 [[Edred of England|Edred]], King of England, [[November 23]]
*956 ''c, 946'' [[Luke the Younger|Luke the Thaumaturgus]], [[February 7]].
*969 [[Olga of Kiev]], grandmother of the ''Grand Prince'' [[Vladimir of Kiev]], d. [[July 11]].
*978 [[Edward the Martyr]], King of England, [[March 18]]. 
*988 [[Dunstan of Canterbury|Dunstan]], Abp. of Canterbury, [[May 19]].
*980 Translation of the holy relics of [[Birinus of Dorchester]] from Winchester to a new shrine, [[September 4]] by St. Ethelwold.
*991 Metr. [[Michael of Kiev|Michael I]], ([[List of primates of Russia|1st]]) [[Metropolitan]] of Kiev.

;Dates disputed
*[[Athanasius of Athos]], d. 950 or 1000, [[July 5]]

==Eleventh century (1001-1100)==
*1007 Metr. Leontii of Kiev
*1012 [[Alphege]], Archbishop of Canterbury d.[[April 19]].
*1014 Mother of God of Minsk Icon brought by the Prince Vladimir, including the Korsun Treasures, from Korsun in the Crimea and placed in Kiev's Cathedral of the Tithes. 
*1015 ''Grand Prince'' [[Vladimir of Kiev]], [[July 15]] and his sons [[Boris and Gleb]], [[July 24]].
*1022 [[Simeon the New Theologian]].
*1035 Metr. Ivan I of Kiev
*1049 Metr. Feopemt of Kiev
*1050 Metr Kirill I of Kiev
*1054 Metr. Ilarion of Kiev
*1063 Patr. [[Constantine III of Constantinople]], [[July 29]].
*1065 ''Venerable'' George of Mt. Athos, Georgian d. [[June 29]]; [[Barlaam of the Kiev Caves]] <ref> [[Barlaam of the Kiev Caves]] was glorified in the 11th century.</ref> d.[[November 19]]
*1070 The Theotokos appears in a vision at Blachernae sending the Kiev Caves Icon of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos to Ss. Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves, [[August 17]];
*1073 Arrival of the Kiev Caves Icon of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos given to Ss. Anthony and Theodosius of the Caves, [[May 3]]; [[Anthony of the Kiev Caves]] <ref> [[Anthony of the Kiev Caves]] was glorified in the 11th century.</ref> d.[[May 7]] (fd. [[September 2|Sep. 2]]); ''wonderworker'' Leontius, Bp. of Rostov, d. [[May 23]].
*1074 [[Theodosius of the Kiev Caves]] d.[[May 3]].
*1077 Metr. Grigorii II of Kiev
*1089 Metr. Ivan II of Kiev
*1091 Metr. Ivan III of Kiev; Uncovering of the relics of Venerable [[Theodosius of the Kiev Caves]] (+1074), [[August 14]].
*1095 ''c.'' Holy-unmercenary Agapitus of the Kiev Caves [[June 1]].
*1097 Metr. Ephraim II of Kiev
*1099 [[Basil and Theodore]], hieromartyrs of the Kiev Caves [[August 11]].

;''Unknown dates:''
*''Great hermit'' Joachim of Osogovo, of Bulgaria [[August 16]] 
*[[Theodora of Vasta]], [[September 11]].
*Appearance of the Liubech Icon of the Mother of God <ref>The miracles of this icon were described by St. [[Demetrius of Rostov]]</ref>, [[May 7]].

==Twelfth century (1101-1200)==
* Relics of the 9th century ''Hieromartyr'' Michael, the Black-Robed, of St Sava' Monastery discovered in Jerusalem by Daniel, the igumen of the Kiev Caves monastery.
*1102 Metr. Nikolai of Kiev
*1104 The life of [[Theodosius of the Kiev Caves|Theodosius]] (+1074) written by St [[Nestor the Chronicler]].
*1105 On [[December 13]] [[Menas of Kiev]] was consecrated Bishop of Polotsk.
*1108 Glorification of [[Theodosius of the Kiev Caves]] (+1074).
*1121 Metr. Nikifor I of Kiev
*1124 ''c, or 1134'' Holy Empress [[Irene of Hungary]], wife of John II Comnenus and tonsured nun Xenia, d. in Bithynia [[August 13]].
*1125 Body of [[Isidore of Chios]] taken to Venice and hidden in the palace of the Doge.
*1126 Metr. Nikita of Kiev
*1145 Metr. Michael II of Kiev
*1157 Damiane (King Demetrius I) the Hymnographer, d. [[May 23]] at Gelati monastery.
*1159 Metr. [[Constantine I of Kiev|Constantine]], ''of Kiev'', [[June 5]].
*1163 Metr. Feodor of Kiev
*1164 Uncovering of the holy relics of the ''wonderworker'' Leontius, Bp. of Rostov.
*1166 Metr. Ivan IV of Kiev
*1173 ''Venerable'' Euphrosyne, Abbess of Polotsk, [[May 24]]
*1177 Metr. Konstantin II of Kiev
*1186 ''Wonderworker'' [[John of Novgorod and Wonderworker|John]], ABp. of Novgorod [[September 7]].
*1187 Translation of the relics of ''Venerable'' Euphrosyne, Abbess of Polotsk to the Kiev caves.
*1198 Metr. Nikifor II of Kiev

; Unknown dates
* Constantine of Cyprus, the Wonderworker and martyr and those with him [[July 1]].

==Thirteenth century (1201-1300)==
*1224 ''Venerable'' [[Abramius of Smolensk|Abramius]], Archimandrite and Wonderworker of Smolensk, [[August 21]].
*1239 Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos of St. Theodore ("Feodorovskaya") [[August 29]].
*1240 [[Constantine of Kosinsk|Constantine]], Abbot of Kosinsk, Pskov [[July 29]].
*1263 [[Alexander Nevsky]], Grand Prince of Vladimir and Novgorod <ref> Saint [[Alexander Nevsky]] was recognised as a saint by the [[Church of Russia]] in 1547.</ref>[[November 14]]
*1268 ''c,'' [[Theodora of Arta]], [[March 11]].
*1281 [[Charitina of Lithuania|Charitina]], abbess of Novgorod monastery and ''Princess of Lithuania'', [[October 5]]
*1282 [[Zographou martyrs]], burnt alive at [[Mount Athos]], [[October 10]].
*1295 Appearance of the Kursk Root icon of Our Lady of The Sign
*1299 [[Daumantas of Pskov]], [[May 17]].

;''Unknown dates:''
*Translation of the [[Panagia Galaktotrofoussa|the Virgin Lactans]] icon from the monastery of [[Sabbas the Sanctified]], Jerusalem to the Monastery of Hilandrou, Mount Athos by [[Sava of Serbia]], [[July 3]].
*holy Father Tbeli Abuseridze, Georgian [[August 17]].

==Fourteenth century (1301-1400)==
*1303 [[Daniel of Moscow]], ''Grand Prince of Moscow'', [[March 17]].
*1310 ''c. or 1346'' [[Gregory of Sinai]], d. [[November 27]].
*1314 Appearance of ''Mother of God of [[Tolgsk icon of the Mother of God|Tolgsk]]'' icon to the Rostov hierarch Prochorus, [[August 8]].
*1337 [[Daniel II of Pec]], Abp of Serbia, [[January 2]].
*1340 The Mother of God appears in Pochaev, near the border of Galicia, leaving an imprint of her footprint in the rock, from which a stream gushes forth.
*1347 [[Anthony, John, and Eustathius of Vilnius]] martrys of the Muscovite mission, [[April 14]].
*1353 Sergius and Herman, Abbots of [[Valaam Monastery|Valaam]]; [[Theognostus the Greek]], Metr. of Kiev and all Rus, d. [[March 11]].
*1355 ''+ emperor John Kantakuzenos''
*1359 [[Gregory Palamas]], Abp. of Thessalonika, [[November 14]].
*1360 [[John Kukuzelis]], the hymnographer [[October 1]].
*1363 Patr. [[Callistus I]] of Constantinople, d. [[June 20]] in Serbia.
*1376 ''+ emperor John Paleologos''
*1378 [[Alexis of Moscow|Alexis]] (1296?–1378), Metropolitan of Moscow (Kiev) and all Russia, [[February 12]].
*1379 [[Philotheus I (Kokkinos) of Constantinople]] ?
*1380 The "Don" Icon <ref>Painted by [{Theophan the Greek]].</ref> of the Mother of God with the Russian army [[September 8]].
*1383 Appearance of [[Theotokos of Tikhvin]] icon.
*1389 [[Lazar of Serbia]], d. [[June 28]].
*1391 ''c,'' [[Nicholas Cabasilas]], [[June 20]].
*1392 [[Sergius of Radonezh]], d. [[September 25]]<ref>Canonised in 1452.</ref>

*''Unknown dates:''
** [[John the New of Suceava]], [[June 2]].

==Fifteenth century (1401-1500)==
*1420 [[Epiphanius the Wise]], Rostov monk and disciple of [[Sergius of Radonezh]]; Cornelius of Paleostrov and Olonets, [[August 21]].
*1422 Incorrupt relics of [[Sergius of Radonezh]] found and translated to the Trinity Cathedral of the Lavra, [[July 5]].
*1426 ''c,'' [[Ephraim of Nea Makri]], [[May 5]].
*1434 ''Venerable'' [[Maximus of Moscow]], the Fool for Christ, d. [[November 11]].
*1450 [[Ipomoni of Loutraki]], ''Augusta Helen Palaiologos'', [[March 13]]; Translation of the holy skull of [[Kyriaki]] from Constantinople to the sacred Monastery of the Archangles in Aigialeia founded by St. Leontios in c. 1450 [[July 7]]
*1452 Canonisation of [[Sergius of Radonezh]], d. [[September 25|25 Sep, 1392]].
*1453 [[Constantine XI Palaiologos]], ethnomartyr <ref>See [[Fall of Constantinople]]</ref> [[May 29]].
*1456 [[Pitirim of Perm|Pitirim]], Bp. of Perm, d. [[August 19]].
*1458 [[Evfimy II of Novgorod]], [[March 11]] <ref>St. Evfimy's life appeared in a menion as early as 1494 and he was formally canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church's Moscow Council of 1549.</ref>
*1460 Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople of Mount Athos, [[August 11]]<ref>OCA date him to 1460, however, the List of Patriarch has a Niphon II dated later than this period. These dates will require confirmation.</ref>
*1462 [[Matrona of Chios]], [[October 20]].
*1463 Martyrdom of [[Raphael, Nicholas and Irene]], d. [[Pascha|Bright Tuesday]], [[April 9]] in Lesbos.
*1470 Appearance of the Zhirovits icon of the Mother of God, [[May 7]].
*1480 [[Serapion of Pskov]], Russian ''Schema-monk'' d. [[September 8]]; The [[martyrs of Otranto]] martyred in Italy, Ottomans destroyed the city of Otranto and killing twelve thousand and executing leading clergymen by sawing them.
*1481 [[Euphrosynus of Pskov]], Russian monk, d. [[May 15]].
*1496 [[Daniel the Hermit]] <ref>St. [[Daniel the Hermit]] was officially glorified by the Synod of the [[Church of Romania]] in 1992.</ref> of Voronet, [[December 18]]
*1500 During the capture of Kiev by Khan Mengli-Gyr, a Tatar strips the cover and adornments from the Mother of God of Minsk Icon, and threws it into the Dniepr River. Icon is found floating in the River Svislocha, near Minsk, surrounded by an extraordinary light, [[August 13]].

; Unknown dates
* St. Theodosius (Prince Theodore of Ostrog) of the Kiev Caves [[August 11]]
* St. Leucius of Volokolamsk, 62 years old, d. [[July 27]] (fd[[August 17]]&[[December 14]])
* St. Fotou the Cypriot is first mentioned by the historian Leontios Macheras, however there is no information about her life, origin or the year that she lived.

==Sixteenth century (1501-1600)==
*1508 ''Venerable'' Nilus, Abbot of Sora, [[May 7]];  Patr. Nephon II, of Constantinople, died peacefully aged 90, [[August 11]].
*1509 [[Gerasimos of Cephalonia]] born in Trikala of Corinth, Greece.
*1515 Blessed [[Lawrence of Kaluga]], Fool-for-Christ and Wonderworker, d. [[August 10]]
*1517 Gabriel, the Protos of Mt. Athos writes the biography of Patr. Nephon II, of Constantinople (+1508).
*1532 [[Makarios of Oredezhsk]], student of [[Alexander of Svir]], (fd: [[August 9]])
*1533 [[Alexander of Svir|Alexander]], Abbot of Svir, the only person other than Abraham, to be visited by the Holy Trinity, dies 85 years old, [[August 30]].
*1545 [[Artemius of Verkola]], <ref>[[Artemius of Verkola]] was a twelve year old struck by lightning in a field. His relics were taken to the church of St. Nicholas in 1577,</ref> struck by lightning, [[June 23]] (fd: [[October 20]]).
*1547 Uncovering of the relics of the ''Venerable'' [[Maximus of Moscow]], Fool for Christ, [[August 13]] <ref>Buried at the church of the holy Princes Boris and Gleb. In an encyclical of 1547, Metropolitan Macarius enjoined "the singing and celebration at Moscow for the new Wonderworker Maximus, Fool-for-Christ." after miraculous healings began to occur.</ref>; [[Dionysius of Zakynthos|Dionysius]] born at Aigialos, Zakynthos.
*1549 ''Wonder-worker'' [[Nikanor of Kallistratos]], [[August 7]]. 
*1551 ''Hieromartyr'' Nicodemus of Meteora, Thessaly [[August 16]].
*1557 [[Basil the Blessed]], Fool for Christ d. [[August 2]].
*1566 Transfer of the Relics of Ss. Zosimas and Sabbatius of Solovki, [[August 8]].
*1570 [[Cornelius of the Pskov Caves]], <ref>St. [[Cornelius of the Pskov Caves]] martyrdom is recorded in the old manuscripts of the Trinity-Sergiev Lavra</ref> martyred by Tsar Ivan IV (the terrible), [[February 20]]; ''c, 79.'' [[Gerasimos of Cephalonia]], [[August 15]].
*1571 ''Venerable'' Theodoritus the Enlightener of the Lapps, Solovki, d. [[August 17]].
*1579 [[Gerasimos of Cephalonia]], [[August 15]]; [[Dionysius of Zakynthos|Dionysius]] resigns as Bp. of Aegina and returns to Zakynthos.
*1581 Uncovering of the relics of [[Gerasimos of Cephalonia]], [[August 16]].
*1589 [[Philothei of Athens]], [[February 19]].
*1591 Intercession of the "Don" Icon of the Mother of God against the Tatars Attack, [[August 19]].

; Unknown dates
* [[Constantine of Novotorzanin]], Fool for Christ, [[May 21]].
* [[Theophanes the New]], of Dochiariou monastery, Mt Athos, d. [[August 19]].

==Seventeenth century (1601-1700)==
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*1601 New Hieromartyr [[Seraphim of Phanarion|Seraphim]], Bishop of Phanarion and Neokhorion, [[December 4]]
*1602 [[Seraphim of Lebadeia]], [[May 6]]
*1605 Leontius the Myrrhgusher, [[June 18]].
*1611 ''Venerable'' [[Serapion of Kozhe Lake]], d. [[June 27]]; [[Anthony of Leokhnov]], d. [[September 14]].
*1616 The Mother of God of Minsk Icon taken by Uniates.
*1619 [[Evgenius (Yiannoulis) the Aitolian|Evgenius the Aitolian]] ordained by Patr. Cyril Lukaris of Alexandria at Sinai Monastery.
*1620 Translation of incorrupt relics of [[Anthony of Leokhnov]] to Leokhnov monastery, [[July 13]].
*1622 [[Dionysius of Zakynthos]], [[December 17]]; Synodical resolution in July canonised [[Gerasimos of Cephalonia]].
*1624 The skull of [[Isidore of Chios]] discovered in Chios, encased in a silver and jeweled reliquary, and translated to Venice.
*1630 Translation of the relics of [[Gurias of Kazan|Gurias]], ABp. of Kazan from the Savior-Transfiguration monastery to the cathedral church of the city of Kazan, [[June 20]]. 
*1638 Patr. [[Cyril Lucaris]] of Constantinople, d. [[June 27]].
*1641 Transfer from the village of Palitsa to Moscow of the holy icon Mother of God "of the Passion", [[August 13]].
*1649 ''hieromartyr'' [[Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk|Athanasius]], <ref>According to the [[synaxarion]] of the Ormylia monastery, [[Athanasius of Brest-Litovsk]] was decapitated by the Polish-Lithuanian government persecutors and his corpse thrown into a pit. It was found some time later incorrupt.</ref> abbot of the Brest-Litovsk monastery was decapitated by the Polish-Lithuanian government, [[September 5]].
*1653 Liubech icon of the Mother of God transferred from Liubech to Kiev.
*1654 [[Icon of the Mother of God of Seven Lakes]] delivers Kazan from deadly plague.
*1657 New-martyr [[Demetrios of Philadelphia]], [[June 2]]
*1662 Philip of Sukhona, hermit on Mt. Yankov, d. [[August 17]].
*1665 Elder Hermogenes gives [[Icon of the Mother of God “The Word Made Flesh”]] to Albazin.
*1669 New-martyr [[John Naukliros|John the Skipper]], burned, Kos, d. [[April 8]].
*1671 Mtr. [[Basil of Ostrog|Basil]], of Ostrog and Tvrdoš, [[April 29]].
*1680 ''New Martyr'' [[Triandaphyllus of Stara Zagora]], beheaded [[August 8]]; ''New Martyr'' Stamatius of Volos, beheaded in Thessaly, [[August 16]].
*1682 [[Ahmed the Calligrapher]], [[May 3]]; [[Evgenius (Yiannoulis) the Aitolian]], reposed in prayer [[August 5]].
*1686 great-martyr Apostolos the New, beheaded in Constantinople [[August 16]].
*1688 New-martyr [[Stamatios of Volos]], [[August 16]]; Miracle from the [[Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow]] icon, [[October 24]].
*1700 [[Athanasius of Attalia]], <ref>The relics of [[Athanasius of Attalia]] are buried in the church of St. Paraskevi in Smyrna.</ref> beheaded [[January 7]].

==Eighteenth century (1701-1800)==
*1701 Liubech icon of the Mother of God returned from Kiev to Liubech.
*1703 Canonisation of [[Dionysius of Zakynthos|Dionysius]] by Ecumenical Patriarchate.
*1709 [[Dimitri of Rostov]], [[October 28]].
*1712 Fr. [[Maxim Leontiev]] {{citation|Is he a saint? Which month did he die?}}
*1714 Prince [[Constantine Brancoveanu]] and family arrested by Sultan Ahmed III's soldiers and brought to Constantinople to be tortured, beheaded [[August 16]].
*1716 Commemoration of the Miracle of Saint [[Spyridon of Trimythous|Spyridon]] on Kerkyra (Corfu) with the Hagarenes <ref>Authenticity of this event include historical notes by the great saint, [[Athanasius of Paros]].</ref>[[August 11]]; Metr. [[Antimos of Iberia]], <ref>Metr. [[Antimos of Iberia]] glorified by [[Church of Romania]] in 1992 and later by [[Church of Georgia]].</ref> ambushed by Turkish soldiers on the bank of the Tundzha River [[September 14]].
*1730 [[John the Russian]], [[May 27]]
*1731 [[Innocent of Irkutsk|Innocent]], 1st bishop of Irkutsk in central Siberia <ref>Saint [[Innocent of Irkutsk]] (1680-1731) is the first bishop of Irkutsk in central Siberia.</ref>, [[November 26]]
*1738 [[Tikhon of Zadonsk]], Bp. of Voronezh, d. [[August 13]].
*1743 [[Constantine the Russian]], of the Great Lavra of Mount Athos, at Constantinople [[December 26]].
*1770 Joseph the Catholicos of Georgia, reposed peacefully [[October 17]].
*1771 [[Icon of the Mother of God of Seven Lakes]] delivers Kazan from deadly plague for a second time.
*1774 Athanasius, <ref>Athanasius studied under [[Athanasius Paros]] in Thessaloniki and became a monk. Not willing to convert to the Islamic faith, he was hung and buried near the Church of St. Paraskeve</ref> [[September 8]]
*1779 [[Kosmas Aitolos|Kosmas]], <ref>St. [[Kosmas Aitolos|Kosmas of Aetolia]] (b. Aetolia, Greece 1714-1779) is a prophet, New Hieromartyr and Equal to the Apostles</ref>, of Aitolia, new martyr and [[Equal-to-the-Apostles]], [[August 24]].
*1784 [[Neophytos Kausokalyvites|Neophytos]], Kausokalyvite father.
*1794 [[Paisius Velichkovsky]] of Moldova and Mt. Athos, [[November 15]]
*1796 [[Juvenaly of Alaska]], protomartyr of America, [[July 2]]
*1800 ''New-martyr'' [[Constantine of Hydra]], [[November 14]].

==Nineteenth century (1801-1900)==
*1804 [[Euthymius the Elder]], abbot of St. John the Baptist monastery in the Davit-Gareji Wilderness, d. [[August 8]].
*1805 [[Macarius Notaras of Corinth|Makarius of Corinth]], a central figure in the [[Kollyvades Movement]].
*1807 New-martyr George of Chios, [[November 26]].
*1809 [[Nicodemus of the Holy Mountain]], [[July 14]].
*1813 [[Athanasius Parios]], the ''Master of the Greek Nation'', died in his cell of St. George the Refston in Chios, [[June 24]].
*1815 Uncovering of the relics of Nilus, the Myrrhgusher of Lavra of Mt. Athos, [[May 7]].
*1816 Anastasios and Demetrios, the basketweavers from Mitylene, martyr in the village of Kasampa, Asia Minor, d. [[August 11]] <ref>From Witnesses For Christ: Orthodox Christian Neomartyrs of the Ottoman Period 1437-1860 by Nomikos Michael Vaporis, pp. 306-307.</ref>; Martyrdom of [[Peter the Aleut]] near San Francisco. 
*1819 [[Constantine Hagarit]], [[June 2]].
*1821 [[Nikephoros of Chios]], [[May 1]]; [[Constantine Hagarit]], martyred [[June 15]]; Martyrdom of Patr. [[Gregory V of Constantinople]], Abp. [[Kyprianos of Cyprus]] and Abp. [[Gerasimos of Crete]].      
*1823 Appearance of the [[Panagia of Tinos|Mother of God of "Tinos"]] icon led by a vision from [[Pelagia of Tinos]], becoming the most venerated pilgrimage item in Greece, at the [[Church of Evangelistria (Tinos, Greece)|Church of Evangelistria]].
*1827 Glorification of the icon, [[Theotokos|In Giving Birth You Preserved Your Virginity]], Moscow [[October 14]].
*1830 Icon Mother of God "of the Seven Arrows" glorified during a cholera epidemic at Vologda, [[August 13]].
*1833 Death of '''[[Seraphim of Sarov]]''', [[January 2]].
*1837 [[Herman of Alaska]], Spruce Island, [[December 13]].
*1839 The Mother of God of Minsk Icon returned to the Orthodox after being taken by the Uniates in 1616.
*1846 First uncovering of the holy relics of [[Tikhon of Zadonsk]], Bp. of Voronezh, [[May 14]].
*1851 Martyrdom of the Holy Fathers<ref>The Names of these fathers are: Monk Michael (subjected to the harshest tortures), Otar (stabbed), Hieromonk Gerontius (beheaded), Hieromonk Serapion (beheaded), Monk Herman (stabbed in stomach) and 18 year old Simeon (beheaded) by the Dagestani army.</ref> of the David-Gareji monastery in Georgia by the Dagestani army,<ref>Account and date witnessed by the ''Hieromonk'' [[Isaac of Gaenati]] in 1853.</ref> [[August 12]].
*1860 Death of [[Alexei Khomiakov]], co-founder of the [[Slavophile movement]].   
*1861 Glorification of [[Tikhon of Zadonsk]], Bp. of Voronezh, [[August 13]].
*1864 [[Jacob Netsvetov]], [[July 26]].
*1866 '''[[Silouan the Athonite]]''' born.
*1867 death of [[Ignatius Brianchaninov]]. 
*1868 The three saints nick named "Papoulakos": [[Joachim of Vatopaidi]], [[March 2]]; Monk [[Christophoros (Panagiotopoulos)]].
*1869 Celebration of first miracle of the [[Icon of the Theotokos at Chernigov-Gethsemane]]
*1870 Appearance of the  Most Holy Lady "of Jerusalem" ([[Panagia Ierosolymitissa|Ierosolimitissa]]) icon via nun Tatiana.
*1871 [[Nicholas of Japan|Nikolai Kasatkin]] establishes Orthodox mission in Japan.   
*1872 '''[[Phyletism]] declared [[heresy]] by [[Council of Jerusalem]].
*1877 Death of [[Arsenios of Paros]], [[January 31]].
*1879 [[Innocent of Alaska]], [[Equal-to-the-Apostles]], [[March 31]].
*1882 [[Mitrophan Ji]] becomes the first Chinese ordained a priest in the [[Church of China]].   
*1888 Glorification of the St Petersburgh [[Mother of God, Joy of All Who Sorrow]] icon, [[July 23]].
*1889 Translation of the icon [[Deliveress]] [[October 17]]
*1890 ''c,'' ''[[Unseen Warfare]]'' further revised by [[Theophan the Recluse]].   
*1891 [[Ambrose of Optina]], <ref>Saint [[Ambrose of Optina]] was canonised in 1988 by the local council of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]</ref> died [[October 23]] (fd: [[October 10]]).
*1900 [[Meletius of Ryazan |Meletius]], bishop of Ryazan, missionary to Yakutia, [[January 14]]; [[Martyrs of China|Martyrdom of Orthodox Christians]] in Chinese Boxer Rebellion (Yihetuan Movement), [[June 11]].

==Twentieth century (1901-2000)==
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== Twentyfirst century (2001-Present)==
*2001 Elder [[Haralambos Dionysiatis]], teacher of [[Jesus Prayer|noetic prayer]].

*2004 uncanonised new-martyr [[Daniela of Bucharest]] (b.1967 - d. [[April 6]]) <ref>From the magazine ATITUDINI.</ref>; In September, a helicopter carrying Patr. [[Petros VII (Papapetrou) of Alexandria]] along with 16 others (including 3 other bishops of the [[Church of Alexandria]]) crashed into the Aegean Sea while en route to the monastic community of [[Mount Athos]] with no survivors.
*2007 Protopresbyter [[Elias Wen]].

*2008 Abp. [[Christodoulos (Paraskevaides) of Athens]].

*2009 ''Hieromartyr'' Patr. [[Cyril Lucaris]] of Constantinople glorified [[June 27]] by the Holy Synod of the Alexandrian Patriarchate; [[Joseph of Vatopedi]], d. [[June 30]].

*2011 Glorification of St. [[Ephraim of Nea Makri]] by the Ecumenical Patriarchate on [[March 5]]; ''Venerable'' Eutropia Isayenkova of Kherson (+1968) in Crimea glorified a local saint by the Ukranian Orthodox Chuch, [[August 9]].

== See also==
* [[Timeline of Church History]]

==Notes==
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==Further Reading==
;Sources and literature relating to the Apostolic Age
*The Canonical books of the New Testament;
*The post-Apostolic and Patristic writings;
*Apocryphal and Heretical literature;
*Jewish Sources such as:
**The "Acts of the Martyrs." Cross, F.L., ed. The Oxford dictionary of the Christian church. New York: Oxford University press. 2005.

;Accredited Orthodox historians
* Father John Meyendorff:
** "The Byzantine Legacy in the Orthodox Church" 
** "Rome-Constantinople-Moscow Historical and Theological Studies"

;List of Orthodox Saints
*http://www.orthodox.net/links/saints-by-name.html - List of Orthodox Saints, organised Alphabetically
*http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/
*http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/

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[[Category:Timelines|Saints]]

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