Across the centuries
Patristic timeline
Every Father and saint in the library, arranged by century. Tap a century to jump there, tap a name to read more.
13th century BC
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11th century BC
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10th century BC
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9th century BC
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8th century BC
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7th century BC
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6th century BC
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1st century BC
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1st century
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St. Peter, Chief of the Apostles
1st century
St. Paul, Apostle to the Nations
1st century
St. Andrew the First-Called
1st century
St. John the Theologian and Evangelist
1st century
St. Mark the Evangelist
1st century
St. Luke the Evangelist
1st century
- St. Matthew the Evangelist1st century
- St. Thomas the Apostle1st century
- St. Mary Magdalene, Equal-to-the-Apostles1st century
- St. John the Forerunner and Baptist1st century
- St. Stephen the Protomartyr and Archdeacon1st century
- St. Bartholomew the Apostle1st century
- St. James, son of Zebedee1st century
- St. James the Brother of the Lord1st century
- St. Jude, brother of the Lord1st century
- St. Simon the Zealot1st century
- St. Philip the Apostle1st century
- St. Matthias the Apostle1st century
- St. Thekla the Protomartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles1st century
- Most Holy The Most Holy Theotokos and Ever-Virgin Mary1st century
- St. Joseph the Betrothed1st century BC – 1st century
- Holy Simeon the God-Receiver1st century
- Holy Anna the Prophetess1st century
- Holy Elizabeth, Mother of the Forerunner1st century BC – 1st century
- Holy Zacharias the Priest1st century BC – 1st century
- Righteous Lazarus the Four-Days-Dead1st century
- Sts. Righteous Martha and Mary of Bethany1st century
- St. Photini the Samaritan Woman, Equal-to-the-Apostles1st century
- St. Clement of Rome1st century
- Apostle Aquila of the Seventy1st century
- Apostle-Deacons Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, and Parmenas1st century
- Apostles Silas, Silvanus, Crescens, Epenetus, and Andronicus of the Seventy1st century
- Eutyches, Disciple of John the Theologian1st century
- Longinus the Centurion1st century
- Apostles Stachys, Amplias, Urban, Narcissus, Apelles, and Aristobulus1st century
- Apostles Erastus, Olympas, Rodion, Sosipater, Quartus, and Tertius of the Seventy1st century
- Apostles Philemon, Archippus, and Apphia1st century
- Apostle Timothy of the Seventy1st century
- Apostle Onesimus of the Seventy1st century
- Apostles Herodion, Agabus, Rufus, Asyncritus, Phlegon, and Hermes1st century
- Apostles Jason and Sosipater of the Seventy1st century
- Sts. Addai and Mari, Apostles of the East1st–2nd century
- St. Great-martyr Eustathius Placidas1st–2nd century
- St. Great-martyr Irene of Macedonia1st–2nd century
- Martyrs Nazarius, Gervasius, Protasius, and Celsus1st–2nd century
2nd century
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St. Ignatius the God-bearer
2nd century
St. Polycarp of Smyrna
2nd century
St. Charalampias the Wonderworker
2nd century
St. Justin the Philosopher
2nd century
Sts. Sophia and her Daughters Faith, Hope, and Love
2nd century
St. Irenaeus of Lyons
2nd century
- St. Glyceria of Trajanopolis2nd century
- Patrick, Bishop of Prusa2nd century
- Leontius of Tripolis2nd century
- Martyrs Proclus and Hilary2nd century
- Martyrs Florus and Laurus of Illyria2nd century
- Apostle Quadratus of the Seventy2nd century
- Martyrs Carpus, Papylus, and Agathonike2nd century
- Eudokia of Heliopolis2nd century
- St. Hippolytus of Rome2nd–3rd century
3rd century
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St. Barbara the Great-martyr
3rd century
Sts. Cosmas and Damian, Unmercenaries of Asia
3rd century
St. Tatiana of Rome
3rd century
St. Tryphon of Lampsacus
3rd century
St. Agatha of Sicily
3rd century
St. Great-martyr Paraskeva
3rd century
- St. Gregory the Wonderworker, Bishop of Neo-Caesarea3rd century
- St. Great-martyr Christina of Tyre3rd century
- St. Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr of Carthage3rd century
- St. Martyr Sebastian of Rome3rd century
- St. Lawrence the Archdeacon and Martyr of Rome3rd century
- St. Martyr Mamas of Caesarea3rd century
- St. Martyr Christopher3rd century
- St. Great-martyr Mercurius3rd century
- Martyrs Timothy and Maura3rd century
- Thalleleus of Aegae3rd century
- Helladius the Hieromartyr3rd century
- Lucillian and his Companions3rd century
- Agrippina of Rome3rd century
- Great-martyr Kyriake of Nicomedia3rd century
- The Seven Holy Youths of Ephesus3rd century
- Martyrs Photius and Anicetus of Nicomedia3rd century
- Martyrs Trophimus, Sabbatius, and Dorymedon3rd century
- Martyr Callistratus and his Forty-Nine Companions3rd century
- Virgin-martyr Anastasia the Roman3rd century
- Martyrs Galaction and Episteme3rd century
- Great-martyr Menas of Egypt3rd century
- Martyr Paramonus and his Three Hundred Seventy Companions3rd century
- Martyrs Thyrsus, Leucius, Philemon, Apollonius, and Callinicus3rd century
- Virgin-martyr Eugenia of Rome3rd century
- Martyr Quadratus and his Companions at Corinth3rd century
- Martyrs Chrysanthus and Daria3rd century
- Martyr Nicon of Sicily and his Companions3rd century
- Artemon, Presbyter of Laodicea3rd century
- Martyrs Terence, Pompeius, and their Companions of Africa3rd century
- St. Anthony the Great3rd–4th century
- St. Alexander of Alexandria3rd–4th century
- St. Great-martyr Marina of Antioch in Pisidia3rd–4th century
- Sts. Cyrus and John, Unmercenaries of Egypt3rd–4th century
- Sts. Martyrs Boniface and Righteous Aglaida of Rome3rd–4th century
- St. Pamphilus of Caesarea3rd–4th century
4th century
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Eusebius of Caesarea
c. 263–339
St. Macarius the Egyptian
c. 300–391
St. John Chrysostom
4th century
St. Basil the Great
4th century
St. Athanasius the Great
4th century
Holy The Forty Martyrs of Sebaste
4th century
- St. Nicholas the Wonderworker4th century
- St. George the Great-martyr4th century
- St. Demetrius the Myrrh-streamer4th century
- St. Gregory the Theologian4th century
- St. Spyridon the Wonderworker4th century
- St. Pachomius the Great4th century
- St. Constantine the Great, Equal-to-the-Apostles4th century
- St. Helen, Equal-to-the-Apostles4th century
- St. Ephraim the Syrian4th century
- St. Hilary of Poitiers4th century
- St. Catherine the Great-martyr4th century
- St. Theodore the Tyro (the Recruit)4th century
- St. Theodore the General (Stratelates)4th century
- St. Panteleimon the Great-martyr and Healer4th century
- St. Macrina the Younger4th century
- St. Cyril of Jerusalem4th century
- St. Gregory of Nyssa4th century
- St. Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles Nina of Georgia4th century
- St. Anastasia the Deliverer-from-bonds4th century
- St. Moses the Black of Scetis4th century
- St. Macarius the Great4th century
- St. Hilarion the Great4th century
- St. Ambrose of Milan4th century
- Basiliscus of Comana4th century
- Timothy, Bishop of Prussa4th century
- St. Onuphrius the Great4th century
- Martyrs Manuel, Sabel, and Ishmael4th century
- Febronia of Nisibis4th century
- Great-martyr Procopius of Caesarea4th century
- The Forty-Five Martyrs of Nicopolis4th century
- Athenogenes, Bishop of Heracleopolis4th century
- Emilian of Silistria4th century
- Martyrs Trophimus, Theophilus, and Companions4th century
- Hermolaus of Nicomedia4th century
- Callinicus of Gangra4th century
- Eusignius of Antioch4th century
- Martyrs Adrian and Natalia4th century
- Sozon of Cilicia4th century
- Martyrs Menodora, Metrodora, and Nymphodora4th century
- Autonomus, Bishop in Italy4th century
- Great-martyr Euphemia of Chalcedon4th century
- St. Chariton the Confessor4th century
- Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus4th century
- Martyrs Eulampius and Eulampia4th century
- Martyrs Probus, Tarachus, and Andronicus4th century
- Martyrs Marcian and Martyrius the Notaries4th century
- Martyrs Zenobius and his sister Zenobia4th century
- Martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, and Companions in Persia4th century
- Martyrs Acepsimas, Joseph, and Aeithalas of Persia4th century
- Plato of Ancyra4th century
- Martyrs Menas, Hermogenes, and Eugraphus4th century
- The Twenty Thousand Martyrs of Nicomedia4th century
- St. Sylvester, Pope of Rome4th century
- Martyrs Theopempt and Theonas4th century
- Martyrs Hermylas and Stratonicus4th century
- Clement, Bishop of Ancyra4th century
- Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrene4th century
- Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus, and Basiliscus4th century
- The Hieromartyrs of Cherson4th century
- Martyr Agapius and his Companions at Caesarea4th century
- Sabinus of Egypt4th century
- Martyrs Theodulus the Reader and Agathopodes the Deacon4th century
- Hieromartyr Symeon, Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon4th century
- Januarius, Bishop of Beneventum4th century
- Sulpitius Severusc. 363–c. 425
- Rufinus of Aquileiac. 345–411
- Socrates Scholasticusc. 380–c. 439
- Theodoret of Cyrrhus393–c. 458
- St. John Cassianc. 360–435
- Sozomenc. 400–c. 450
- St. Jerome4th–5th century
5th century
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St. Cyril of Alexandria
5th century
St. Mary of Egypt
5th century
St. Leo the Great
5th century
St. Vincent of Lerins
5th century
Local Ecclesiastical Councils
3rd–7th century
St. Symeon the Stylite
5th century
- Gennadius of Marseilles5th century
- St. Mark the Ascetic5th century
- St. Euthymius the Great5th century
- St. Sisoes the Great5th century
- St. Poemen the Great5th century
- St. Pelagia the Penitent5th century
- St. Theodosius the Great, Father of Cenobites5th century
- St. Alexis the Man of God5th century
- St. Theodore Trichinas5th century
- St. Theodosius the Cenobiarch5th–6th century
- St. Dionysius the Areopagitec. 500
6th century
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7th century
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8th century
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9th century
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St. Cyril, Equal-to-the-Apostles
9th century
St. Methodius, Equal-to-the-Apostles
9th century
St. Photios the Great, Patriarch of Constantinople
9th century
St. Michael the Confessor, Bishop of Synnada
9th century
St. Joannicius the Great of Bithynia
9th century
St. Gregory the Decapolite
9th century
- St. Nicetas the Confessor, Bishop of Chalcedon9th century
- St. Hilarion the New of Dalmatia9th century
- St. Righteous Eudokimos of Cappadocia9th century
- St. Emilian the Confessor, Bishop of Cyzicus9th century
- St. Tarasius, Archbishop of Constantinople9th century
- St. Basil the Confessor, Disciple of St. Procopius9th century
- The Forty-Two Martyrs of Amorion9th century
- St. Hilarion the New, Abbot of Pelecete9th century
- St. Titus the Wonderworker9th century
- St. Joseph the Hymnographer9th century
- St. George the Confessor, Metropolitan of Mytilene9th century
- St. Basil the Confessor, Bishop of Parium9th century
- St. John, Disciple of St. Gregory the Decapolite9th century
10th century
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11th century
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12th century
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13th century
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14th century
Byzantine4 voices
15th century
Early modern1 voice
16th century
Early modern1 voice
17th century
Early modern1 voice
18th century
Early modern5 voices
19th century
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St. Ignatius Brianchaninov
19th century
St. Theophan the Recluse
19th century
St. Ambrose of Optina
19th century
St. Macarius of Optina
19th century
St. Innocent, Enlightener of the Aleuts and Apostle to America
19th century
St. Nektarios of Aegina
19th–20th century
- St. Seraphim of Vyritsa19th–20th century
- St. John of Kronstadt19th–20th century
- St. Silouan the Athonite19th–20th century
- St. Tikhon, Patriarch and Confessor of Moscow19th–20th century
- St. Holy New Martyr Grand Duchess Elizabeth19th–20th century
- St. Nikolai (Velimirovic) of Žiča and Ohrid19th–20th century
