Chronology of the Contemporary Events
{207} (The dates are, for the most part, according
to Tillemont.)
| A.D. |
|
| 132. |
St. Justin converted, p. 94. |
| 166. |
Flight of St. Polycarp from persecution, p.
130. |
| 211. |
Tertullian writes his treatise against flight
in persecution, p. 132. |
| 250. |
Flight of St. Cyprian, St. Gregory of
Neocæsarea, and St. Dionysius, in the Dacian persecution, pp.
129, 130. |
| 251. |
St. Antony born, pp. 99, 154; Novatian,
schismatic, p. 78. |
| 253. |
Origen dies, p. 99. |
| 255. |
Manichæus, heretic, p. 143. |
| 260. |
St. Dionysius, Pope, p. 42. |
| 270. |
St. Antony adopts the solitary life, p. 103. |
| 285. |
St. Antony retires into the desert, p. 103. |
| 304. |
St. Macrina and her husband in the woods in
Pontus, in the Dioclesian persecution, p. 17. |
| 305. |
St. Antony begins to have disciples, p. 117. |
| 306. |
Meletian schism in Egypt, p. 121. |
| 316. |
St. Martin born in Pannonia, p. 186. |
| 320. |
The forty Martyrs of Sebaste in the Licinian
persecution, p. 58. |
| 325. |
The first General Council at Nicæa; Arius
condemned, pp. 4, 76. |
| 326. |
St. Athanasius Bishop of Alexandria, pp. 4, 40,
97, 154. |
| 329. |
St. Gregory and St. Basil born, pp. 27, 51;
Gregory, the father, made Bishop of Nazianzus, p. 51. |
| 331. |
St. Martin enlists in the army, p. 187. |
| 336. |
St. Martin leaves the army, p. 187. |
| 338. |
Eusebius of Nicomedia usurps the see of
Constantinople, p. 78. |
| 340. |
St. Macrina, grandmother to St. Basil, dies,
pp. 22, 38. |
| 341. |
Macedonius usurps the see of Constantinople, p.
78. |
| 347. |
St. Chrysostom born, p. 99. |
| 349. |
Basil, St. Basil's father, dies, p. 18; St.
Emmelia and St. Macrina (junior) retire from the world, p. 18. |
| 350. |
St. Basil and St. Gregory at Athens, p. 52; St.
Martin goes to St. Hilary, {208}
pp. 187, 8; St. Paul of Constantinople martyred by the Arians,
p. 78. |
| 354. |
St. Augustine born, p. 99; Eustathius, Bishop
of Sebaste, p. 20. |
| 355. |
St. Antony supports St. Athanasius, pp. 6, 121;
St. Basil leaves Athens, p. 54. |
| 356. |
St. Gregory leaves Athens, p. 54; St. Antony
dies; pp. 5, 99; St. Martin retires to Milan, p. 188; St.
Hilary is banished to the East, p. 188; St. Basil teaches
rhetoric at Cæsarea, p. 58; alludes to Apollinaris, p. 32;
retires from the world, pp. 5, 56. |
| 357. |
Naucratius, St. Basil's brother, drowned, p.
18; St Basil goes into Syria, etc., pp. 21, 38, 58; St.
Athanasius writes in defence of his flight, p. 130. |
| 358. |
St. Basil retires into Pontus, pp. 5, 57; his
chants, pp. 61, 64, 65. |
| 359. |
Council of Ariminum, pp. 4, 51. |
| 360. |
St. Martin establishes his monastery at
Poictiers, p. 188; Eudoxius usurps the see of Constantinople,
p. 78; St. Basil separates from Dianius, p. 4; the monks of
Nazianzus separate from St. Gregory's father, pp. 51, 2. |
| 361. |
St. Meletius, Bishop of Antioch, pp. 16, 31,
41, 47; Constantius dies, p. 40.
362. |
| 362. |
St. Gregory ordained priest, pp. 71, 82; St.
Basil returns to Cæsarea, and is ordained priest, p. 5;
Macedonius, heresiarch, pp. 40, 78. |
| 363. |
Athanasius of Ancyra conforms, p. 32; Julian
shuts up the Christian schools, p. 153. |
| 364. |
St. Athanasius writes the life of St. Antony,
pp. 97, 154; St. Gregory reconciles the monks of Nazianzus to
his father, pp. 52, 70. |
| 366. |
St. Damasus made Pope, p. 42; St. Gregory
reconciles St. Basil to his bishop, pp. 6, 65; the Eunomians,
pp. 6, 78. |
| 367. |
Persecution under Valens, pp. 9, 30, 78. |
| 369. |
Cæsarius dies, and St. Basil assists St.
Gregory in securing his property, p. 66. |
| 370. |
Eudoxius, Arian Bishop of Constantinople, dies,
p. 78; eighty Catholic clergy burnt at sea, pp. 78, 84; St.
Basil raised to the see of Cæsarea, pp. 9, 66. |
| 371. |
St. Basil writes to St. Athanasius, p. 40; he
resists Valens and Modestus, p. 9, etc.; slandered by a monk
of Nazianzus, p. 67; Patricius, Augustine's father, dies a
Christian, p. 158. |
| 372. |
St. Martin elected Bishop of Tours, p. 188; St.
Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, p. 18; dispute between St. Basil and
Anthimus, p. 69; St. Gregory made Bishop of Sasima, p. 70;
complains of St. Basil, p. 72. |
| 373. |
Augustine joins the Manichees, p. 143; St.
Basil falls ill, p. 14; proposes to send St. Gregory of Nyssa
to Rome, p. 44; St. Athanasius dies [al. A.D.
371], p. 40. {209} |
| 374. |
St. Gregory's father dies, p. 73; St.
Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium, pp. 12, 15; Probus makes his
speech to St. Ambrose, pp. 168; St. Ambrose elected Bishop of
Milan, p. 188; Marcellus, accused of Sabellianism, dies, p.
79. |
| 375. |
St. Basil goes into Pisidia and Pontus, p. 16;
enters a protest against Eustathius, p. 20; complains of St.
Damasus, p. 45. |
| 376. |
Demophilus, Arian Bishop of Constantinople, p.
79; Augustine teaches rhetoric at Carthage, p. 147. |
| 377. |
St. Meletius and St. Eusebius pp. 14, 31; in
ill-esteem at Rome, pp. 45, 47; Apollinaris, heretic, p. 32. |
| 379. |
Death of St. Basil, pp. 26, 75; accession of
Theodosius, p. 76; St. Gregory goes to Constantinople, p. 79. |
| 380. |
Theodosius declares for the Church, p. 78; St.
Peter, Bishop of Sebaste, p. 18. |
| 381. |
Priscillian made Bishop of Avila, p. 195;
Second General Council held at Constantinople, pp. 79, 83. |
| 382. |
St. Gregory retires to Asia, pp. 75, 79;
pronounces oration in praise of St. Basil, pp. 73, 75; passes
Lent without speaking, p. 86. |
| 383. |
Maximus assumes the purple; Gratian killed, p.
192; Augustine goes to Rome, p. 147. |
| 384. |
St. Martin, at Treves, is courted by
Maximus and his empress, p. 194; Augustine goes to Milan, p.
147; Council of Bordeaux, p. 196; Priscillian, heretic,
executed, p. 197. |
| 386. |
St. Martin's second visit to Treves; he
communicates with the Ithacians, p. 198; etc.; Augustine
converted, p. 157, etc. |
| 387. |
Augustine baptized by St. Ambrose, p. 159; St.
Monica dies, p. 158. |
| 388. |
St. Augustine settles at Thagaste, p. 159. |
| 389. |
St. Gregory Nazianzen dies, p. 93; Ithacius
deposed and banished, p. 198; St. Augustine ordained priest at
Hippo, p. 160. |
| 390. |
Council of Milan against the Ithacians, p. 198. |
| 392. |
Sulpicius Severus introduced to St. Martin, p.
186. |
| 395. |
St. Augustine consecrated coadjutor to Valerius,
p. 161. |
| 396. |
Sulpicius writes the life of St. Martin, p.
186. |
| 397. |
St. Martin dies, p. 203. |
| 398. |
St. Augustine writes his Confessions, p. 145,
etc.; Council of Turin, p. 198. |
| 403. |
St. Chrysostom in persecution, p. 169. |
| 405. |
Sulpicius writes his Dialogues, p. 204, etc.;
Pelagius commences his heresy, p. 179. |
| 410. |
Rome taken by Alaric, August 24th, p. 168. |
| 411. |
St. Augustine writes to Proba, p. 169. |
| 413. |
Demetrias devotes herself to religion, p. 172,
etc. |
| 414. |
St. Jerome writes to Demetrias, p. 179;
Pelagius writes to Demetrias, p. 180. {210} |
| 417. |
St. Augustine and St. Alypius write to Juliana,
p. 180; Pope Zosimus for a while baffled by Pelagius, p. 180. |
| 418. |
Sulpicius deceived by the Pelagians, p. 202. |
| 420. |
St. Jerome dies, p. 173. |
| 428. |
The Vandals cross to Africa, p. 128; St.
Augustine writes to Honoratus, p. 134. |
| 430. |
Treatise of unknown author addressed to
Demetrias, p. 183; the Vandals besiege Hippo, p. 139; death of
St. Augustine, p. 140. |
| 431. |
Third General Council, held at Ephesus, p. 129. |
| 440. |
St. Leo elected Pope, p. 184. |
| 455. |
Sack of Rome by Genseric, p. 183. |
| 456. |
Demetrias builds the church of St. Stephen, p.
184. |
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