Chronological list of saints in the 1st century

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This is a list of people, who died just prior to the Massacre of the Innocents (the slaughter by Herod of Judea of male babies under two years old in an effort to eliminate the newborn King of the Jews) [1] or during the 1st century, who have received recognition from the Catholic Church as saints (through canonization).

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Table

NameBirthBirthplaceDeathPlace of DeathNotes
Joachim 1st century BCUnknownUnknownUnknownFather of Virgin Mary
Anne 1st century BCUnknownUnknownUnknownMother of Virgin Mary
The Holy Innocents perhaps from 8 BC to 4 BC Bethlehemperhaps from 6 BC to 4 BC BethlehemKilled by Herod
Simeon [2] 1st century BC UnknownJerusalemWitness of Jesus' Presentation
Anna the Prophetess [3] perhaps around 84BC UnknownJerusalemWitness of Jesus' Presentation
Joseph [4]  BethlehemUnknown Nazareth Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Virgin Mary   UnknownUnknown, possibly Ephesus Mother of Jesus Christ
Longinus   UnknownUnknownRoman soldier who plunged his spear in Jesus' side
John the Baptist   31–36 Machaerus
Penitent Thief   33 Golgotha, Jerusalem
Stephen [5]   36 Jerusalem The first Christian Martyr
Nicodemus [6]   UnknownUnknownelder of Israel, believed in Jesus
Pancras of Taormina   40 Sicily
James the Greater   Bethsaida, Galilee 44 Judea Apostle
Barnabas   Cyprus 60 Salamis, Cyprus Apostle
Pudens [7]   60 Rome
Andrew [8]   Bethsaida, Galilee 61 Patras, Greece Apostle
James the Just   Nazareth, Galilee 62 Jerusalem, Judea Apostle, first Bishop of Jerusalem
Clateus [9]   64  Bishop of Brescia
Evodius [10]   64 Antioch, Syria Bishop of Antioch
First Martyrs of the Church of Rome   64 Rome
Basilissa and Anastasia   Rome 65 Rome
Jude the Apostle   65 Lebanon Apostle
Simon the Zealot   65 Roman Britain Apostle
Torpes of Pisa   Pisa 65 Pisa
Evellius [11]   66 Pisa
Paulinus of Antioch   Antioch, Syria 67 legendary Bishop of Lucca
Matthew the Evangelist   67 Ethiopia Apostle
Peter   Bethsaida, Galilee 67 Rome Apostle, first Pope and Bishop of Rome
Paul the Apostle   Tarsus 67 Rome Apostle
Plautilla   Rome 67 
Processus and Martinian   67 
Ursicinus   Ravenna 67 
Mark the Evangelist [4]   Libya 68 Alexandria, Egypt Evangelist
Philemon and Apphia   70 Colossae, Phrygia
Bartholomew   Judea 72 Albanopolis, Armenia Apostle
Thomas the Apostle   74 Mylapur, India Apostle
Pope Linus   Tuscany 76 Rome Pope
Nicanor the Deacon   76 
Mary Magdalene [4]   Magdala 77 Ephesus, Asia Minor
Marcella   Bethany Unknown Sainte-Baume, Viennensis
Candida the Elder [12]   Naples 78 Naples
Aspren   Naples 79 Naples Bishop of Naples
Martha   Palestine 80 Tarascon, Gaul
Matthias   Judea 80 Jerusalem Apostle
Philip   Bethsaida, Galilee 80 Hierapolis Apostle
Onesiphorus   81 
Anianus of Alexandria   82 Alexandria, Egypt Bishop of Alexandria
Luke the Evangelist   Antioch, Syria 84 Boeotia, Greece Evangelist
Birillus   Antioch, Syria 90  Bishop of Catania
Felicula   90 
Petronilla   90 
Nicomedes   Rome 90 
Pope Anacletus   91 Rome Pope
Antipas of Pergamum   92 Pergamon, Asia Minor
Pope Avilius of Alexandria   95  Bishop of Alexandria
Onesimus   95 Rome
Flavius Clement   96 
Titus   96 Gortyn, Crete Bishop of Crete
Timothy   97 Ephesus, Asia Minor Bishop of Ephesus
Parmenas   98 Philippi, Macedonia
Prisca   98 
Pope Clement I   Rome 100 Chersonesus, Taurica, Bosporan Kingdom Pope
John the Apostle [13]   Bethsaida, Galilee 100 Ephesus, Asia Minor Apostle
Nereus, Achilleus and Domitilla   100 
Prosdocimus [14]   Antioch, Asia Minor 100 

See also

References

  1. ↑ Litwa, M. David (2019). "Chapter 8: Child in Danger, Child of Wonder". How the Gospels Became History –Jesus and Mediterranean Myths. Yale University Press. pp. 118–120. ISBN   9780300249484.
  2. ↑ "Holy, Righteous Simeon the God-Receiver". Orthodox Church in America. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  3. ↑ February 3 is the feast day of the elder Simeon and the prophetess Anna Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh)
  4. 1 2 3 "St. Peter's Square - The Saint Statues on the Colonnades". stpetersbasilica.info. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  5. ↑ "Article XXI (IX) Of the Invocation of the Saints".
  6. ↑ "Saint Nicodemus the Disciple by Night & Holy Myrrh-Bearer". Holy Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Paraskevi, Saint Barbara, Saint John the Merciful & Our Mother of Consolation. St Albans, Melbourne: Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia. Archived from the original on 20 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Pudens", The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature. (James Strong and John McClintock, eds.) Harper and Brothers; NY; 1880
  8. ↑ ""St. Andrew, Apostle"". Vatican News . Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome". orthodoxengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2025-06-18.
  10. ↑ "Apostle Evodius (Euodias) of the Seventy", Orthodox Church in America
  11. ↑ Gachie, Laban Thua (2019-07-16). "St Evellius of Pisa - Feast Day - May 11". Catholic Daily Readings. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  12. ↑ "Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome". www.orthodoxengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-07.
  13. ↑ Ivanoff, Jonathan. "Life of St. John the Theologian". www.stjt.org. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  14. ↑ "Saint Prosdocimus and Saint Peter", Kress Collection
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