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==Third Century (201-300)==
*201 [[Clement of Alexandria|Clement]] leaves city to avoid persecution of Septimius Severus.:''Christian thinkers try to harmonise philosopy and scripture with possible influences from Indian Buddhism.''*202 Great Martyr [[Haralampus of Magnesia|Haralampus]], Bp. of [[w:Magnesia|Magnesia]], [[february February 10]]; [[Leonides of Alexandria]], father of [[Origen]]
====202-211 (5th) Persecutions of Christians under Emperor Septimius Severus (193-211)====
*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}}:''"[[Hexapla]]" commenced by [[Origen]].
*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]].
*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]].**''Bishop Demetrius condemns Origen and expels him from priesthood and from Egypt.''
*231 Death of [[Demetrius of Alexandria]].
*232 Death of [[Calepodius]].
*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]]
 
*248 [[Cyprian of Carthage|Cyrpian]] elected Bp. of Carthage.
*249 Decian Persecutions
====249-251 (7th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Decius.====
*253 Hieromartyr [[Babylas of Antioch|Babylas]], Bp. of Antioch beheaded [[September 4]].
*254 [[Origen]] dies in Tyre from consequences of imprisonment during Decian persecutions.
*255 ''Conflict between [[Cyprian of Carthage]] and [[Stephen I of Rome|Stephen]], Bp. of Rome on baptism administration by heretics.''
; Date unknown
====257-260 (8th) Persecution of Christians under Emperor Valerian (253-260)====
*257 [[StephenI of Rome|Stephen]], Bp. of Rome, dies, perhaps martyred; [[Novatian ]] martyred during persecution under Valerian.
*258
** 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 [[Sixtus II of Rome|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]], 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]](''Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus''), d. [[September 14]](fd.[[August 31]])
*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.
** ''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.''
*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]]:''Athanasius born.''
*298 [[Karterios]], [[January 8]]; Martyr Diomedes the Physician of Tarsus in Cilicia [[August 16]]. === Unknown dates===
* Hieromartyr Therapon, Bp. of Cyprus, [[May 25]], ''c.'' 284-305 under Diocletian.
*[[Rhipsime of Armenia]] c 290, [[September 30]], during the time of Diocletian
* Sozon of Cilicia, d. [[September 7]], ''c.'' 284-305 under Emperor Maximian.
* [[Ten Holy Martyrs of Crete]], [[December 23]].
*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 Tyronthe Tyro]]''', [[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]]. *308 [[Jacob of Nisibis|James]] (d.338) appointed first Bp. of Nisibis (Syria). 
*309 Great-martyr [[Menas of Egypt]], [[November 11]].
*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 the 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]].*338 [[Jacob of Nisibis|James]], Bp. of Nisibis d. [[January 13]].** ''"Life of Constantine",'' written by [[Eusebius of Caesarea]]
*340 ''c,''[[Eusebius of Caesarea]], Church historian;
*341 ''c,'' [[Paul of Thebes]], considered first hermit by tradition, d. [[January 15]].
*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]]
:'' [[Cyril of Jerusalem|Cyril]] elected Bp. of Jerusalem.''
*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]].
*357 ''"Life of Antony",'' written by [[Athanasius the Great]]
*358 [[Hosius the Confessor]], Bp. of Córdoba, [[August 27]].
*360 [[John Cassian]] born Dobrogea, Romania.*362 ** ''hieromartyr'' [[Basil of Ancyra|Basil]], Bp. of Ancyra, executed under [[Julian the Apostate]] [[June 29]] (fd.[[January 1]]).** ''hieromartyr'' [[Reginos of Skopelos|Reginos]], Bp. of Skopelos, beheaded, [[February 25]]; ** [[Dorotheus of Tyre|Dorotheus]], Bp. of Tyre, [[June 5]]; ''hieromartyr*363 :'' [[Basil Ephraim of Ancyra|BasilSyria]], Bpand greater part of Christian population take refuge in the city of Edessa after the city of Nisibus is ceded to the Sassanids. '' *366 Abraham the Great of AncyraKidunj, executed under [[Julian the Apostate]] [[June 29]] Recluse and his niece Mary of Mesopotamia (fd.[[January 1October 29]]).
*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]], [[January 28]];** [[Ambrose of Milan|Ambrose]] appointed Bp. of Milan.  *375 Abdiesus, Bp. of Kashkar, and 38 companions, in Persia, [[May 16]]. *379 [[Basil the Great]], Bp. of [[Caesarea ]] [[January 1]].*380 [[Patapius of Thebes|Patapius]] born in the Egyptian city of Thebes; Deacon [[Aithalas the Persian]], martyred [[September 1]].*381 Council of Constantinople.*382 [[John Cassian]] enters a monastery in Bethlehem.
*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 [[March 18]].** ''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]]**''Emperor Theodosius obliged to do public [[penance]] by [[Ambrose of Milan]] for having suppressed a riot at Thessaloniki via a massacre.'' 
*391 [[Gregory the Theologian]], ABp. of Constantinople, reposed peacefully [[January 25]].
 *397 [[Martin Ambrose of ToursMilan|MartinAmbrose]], Bp. of Tours, Milan d. [[November 11April 4]] (fd:[[December 7]] at Candes); [[Ambrose Martin of MilanTours|AmbroseMartin]], Bp. of Milan Tours, d. [[April 4November 11]] (fd:[[December 7]]) at Candes. 
*398 ''c,'' Martyrdom of 10,000 Fathers of the Scetis by Patriarch [[Theophilus of Alexandria]].
** [[John Chrysostom]] appointed Patr. of Constantinople and friendship with Olympias begins.
 
*399
** [[John Cassian]] is ordained [[deacon]] by [[John Chrysostom]].
** [[John Cassian]] student of [[Evagrius Ponticus]].
 
*400 The deposition of the sash of the Holy Theotokos in Constantinople, [[August 31]].
** [[John Chrysostom]] encourages emperor and people to resist Gainas and his Gothic troops.
====Unknown dates====
==Fifth century (401-500)==
*403 "[[Synod of the Oak]]"** [[John Chrysostom]] exiled by the synod of the Oak, but quickly recalled.** [[John Cassian]] leaves Constantinople settling close to Marseilles, where he was ordained priest and founded two monasteries.*404 Martyrdom of [[Telemachus]]martyred; ** [[John Chrysostom]] exiled from Constantinople never to return.*406 At the age of 29 [[Euthymius the Great]] (29 yo) arrives in Jerusalem.*407 ** [[John Chrysostom]] preaches fasting and self-examination as prerequisite for communion, ** [[John Chrysostom]] exiled?** [[John Chrysostom]] martyred in exileComana of Pontus, [[September 14]] (fd [[November 13]]).
*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 [[Councils of Carthage|Council of Carthage]]''
*419 King [[Brychan of Brecknock]] born, ca. 419, in South Wales.
*420 ''"Institutions of the Monastic Life"'' written by [[John Cassian]].
*421 Roman Emperor [[Theodosius II]] the younger and [[Eudocia the Empress]] (''Aelia Eudocia Augusta'') married June 7.
*426 ''"Conferences"'' written by [[John Cassian]].
*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 Bp. of Hippo d.[[August 28]] (fd.[[June 15]]); [[Patrick of Ireland]] ordained by St. [[Germannus of Auxerre|Germannus]], Bp. of Auxerre.** ''"De incarnatione Domini"'' written by [[John Cassian]].
*431 [[Augustine of Hippo|Augustine]] and Pelagius;
:''[[Council of Ephesus]] (Third Ecumenical)''*432 [[Ninian]], Apostle to the Picts; [[Celestine of Rome]], [[Bishop Bp. of Rome]], d.[[April 6]] (fd.[[April 8|8]]); [[Patrick of Ireland|Patrick]] sent from Aesir in Gaul to mission to Ireland.*433 [[Cyril of Alexandria]] and [[John of Antioch]] reconcile on the theology of Christ's humanity.''
*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 Death of [[John Cassian]] in Marseille, France and [[Acacius of Melitene]].
*440 [[Alexios the Man of God]], [[March 17]]; [[Materiana]] born in Gwent of Wales.
*444 [[Cyril of Alexandria]].
*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>
*460 [[Eudocia the Empress]], d. [[October 20]] in Jerusalem (fd. [[August 13]]); Balai, Syrian religious poet of Beroea (not a saint).
*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).
*471 [[Gennadius I of Constantinople]], Patr. of Constantinople d. [[August 31]].
*473 [[Euthymius the Great]], [[January 20]].
*474 [[Gildas the Wise]], "Badonnicus", [[January 29]].
*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.
*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.
*527
** ''"Responses to Letters" written by [[John the Prophet]] together with [[Barsanuphius of Tver|Barsanuphius]] the Egyptian.
*529 [[Theodosius the Great]].
*530 [[Brendan the Navigator]] lands in Newfoundland, Canada, establishing a short-lived community of Irish monks.
*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. [[Severusof Antioch|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 of Tver|Barsanuphius]], Bp. of Tver (Gaza)? dies, friend of [[John the Prophet]], [[April 11]].*542 [[John of Ephesus|John]] ''sent to Ephesus by [[Justinian ]] Ito convert the pagans of the region.''
*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.; ''c,'' [[Benedict of Nursia]]*548 Empress [[Theodora (wife of Justinian)|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.
*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.''
** ''"Lives of the Easter Saints" written by'' [[John of Ephesus]].
*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 Scholasticus|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 of Wales]].
*582 [[Eutychius of Constantinople]], [[April 6]].
*584 ''c,'' [[Deiniol of Bangor|Deiniol]], abbot of Bangor, [[September 11]].
*585
** ''"[[Ecclesiastical History]]" written in Syriac language by'' [[John of Ephesus]].
*586 [[John of Ephesus]], Syrian historian dies.
*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]].
*[[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]]
*[[Sophroniusof Cyprus|Sophronius]], ABp. of Cyprus, [[December 9]]
*Damian, ABp. of Cyprus.
*[[Dorotheos of Gaza]], [[September 16]]?
==Seventh century (601-700)==
*604 [[Gregory the Dialogist]].
*605 [[Augustine of Canterbury|Augustine]], Archbishop ABp. 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]].
*618 [[Donnan & companions]], abbot, monks and martyrs in Eigg, [[April 17]].
*625 [[Vitalius the Venerable]]
*632 [[Aed of Ferns|Aed]], bishop Bp. of Ferns, [[January 31]].*633 [[Modestus of Jerusalem]]; [[Finbar of Cork|Finbar]], first bishop Bp. 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 of Folkestone|Eanswythe]], Abb. of Folkestone and Saxon princess descendant of King Saint [[Aethelbert]], [[August 31]].*642 patr. [[Theodore I of Rome|Theodore I]], Patr. of Rome d. [[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 Bp. of Lindisfarne and Enlightener of Northumbria, 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 Bp. 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 Bp. 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]].
*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 Bp. 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 (relics)|Translation ]] of the holy [[relics ]] of [[Birinus of Dorchester|Birinus]], ABp. of Dorchester to Winchester.*693 [[Erconwald of London|Eerconwald]], bishop Bp. of London [[April 30]].
*700 ''c,''[[Isaac of Syria]].
*714 [[Guthlac of Crowland]], hermit [[April 11]].
*716 [[Donald of Ogilvy]], Confessor of Scotland, [[July 15]].
*717 [[Dunchad Abbot of Iona]], [[March 24]].
*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]].
*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 October 11]]; ''c,'' [[Cosmas the Hymnographer]], Bp. of Majuma, [[October 12]].
*''Unknown dates:''
**[[Cuthman of Steyning]], founder of St Andrew's, Steyning, [[February 8]].
**[[Donald of Scotland]], died in Olgivy, Forfarshire (Scotland), [[July 15]].
==Nineth Ninth 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]].
*955 [[Edred of England|Edred]], King of England, [[November 23]]
*956 ''c, 946'' [[Luke the Younger|Luke the Thaumaturgus]], [[February 7]].
*963 [[Athanasius of Athos|Athanasius the Athonite]] buys the island of Kyra-Panagia from the Byzantine noblemen of Constantinople as a dependency of Mount Athos.
*969 [[Olga of Kiev]], grandmother of the ''Grand Prince'' [[Vladimir of Kiev]], d. [[July 11]].
*978 [[Edward the Martyr]], King of England, [[March 18]].
==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 16]].
*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]]
;''Unknown dates:''
*Translation of the icon of [[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]].
*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 Tolga[[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.
*1359 [[Gregory Palamas]], Abp. of Thessalonika, [[November 14]].
*1360 [[John Kukuzelis]], the hymnographer [[October 1]].
*1363 Patr. [[Callistus I of Constantinople|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]].
==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]].
*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 (Vyazhitsky) 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 martyrs of OtranoOtranto]] 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]]
*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 1629]].
*1557 [[Basil the Blessed]], Fool for Christ d. [[August 2]].
*1566 Transfer of the Relics of Ss. Zosimas and Sabbatius of Solovki, [[August 8]].
*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 Gury 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-LitovskBretsk|Athanasius]], <ref>According to the [[synaxarion]] of the Ormylia monastery, [[Athanasius of Bretsk|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.
*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]].
*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]].
*1751 new-martyr [[Kyranna of Ossa|Kyranna]] of Ossa, d. [[February 28]] ([[January 8]]).
*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 Parios|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.
==Nineteenth century (1801-1900)==
*1803 Blessed [[Xenia of St. Petersburg]], [[February 6]].
*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]].
*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 Stepanovich Khomiakov|Alexei Khomiakov]], co-founder of the [[Slavophile movement]].
*1861 Glorification of [[Tikhon of Zadonsk]], Bp. of Voronezh, [[August 13]].
*1864 [[Jacob Netsvetov]], [[July 26]].
*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]]; Nikolay Alexandrovich Motovilov, ''Servant to [[Seraphim of Sarov|Seraphim]]'', not glorified, d. [[January 14]].
*1882 [[Mitrophan Ji]] becomes the first Chinese ordained a priest in the [[Church of China]].
*1888 Glorification of the St Petersburgh . Petersburg [[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]]).
*1894 [[Theophan the Recluse]], [[January 6]].
*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]].
*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]], Glorification of Hieromartyr Philoumenos of Jacob's Well [[ September 11]] by the PATRIACHATE OF JERUSALEM.
*2011 ** [[March 5]] Glorification of St. [[Ephraim of Nea Makri]] by the Ecumenical Patriarchate on [[March 5]]; ** [[August 9]] ''Venerable'' Eutropia Isayenkova of Kherson (+1968) in Crimea glorified a local saint by the Ukranian Orthodox Chuch, ; ** [[August 9September 12]] relics of New-martyr [[Kyranna of Ossa]] discovered under the Holy Altar of the Church of the Archangels in Ossa;** [[October 11]] Transfer of the relics of New-Martyr [[Kyranna of Ossa]](+1751) by the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew from the Church of the Archangels in the village of Ossa in Lagada.
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