A bounded historical index

Patron Saints Across the Centuries

Trace public patron-saint profiles through Christian history, from the early centuries to the present, with the evidence behind each century placement kept visible.

1,462 placed profiles

241 not placed

What this history currently covers

This first release includes only canonical public patron-saint profiles whose existing birth or death evidence supports one CE century. It is not yet a complete history of every saint or blessed. BCE, ranged, ambiguous, undated, and chronology-conflicted records remain outside this timeline until they can be represented and reviewed safely.

Browse the CE centuries

Each destination is a filtered view of the same reviewed patron-saint chronology. Counts describe profiles in this bounded index, not the total number of saints who lived in a century.

1st

1st century

1–100 CE

41 patron saints

5 martyrs

2nd

2nd century

101–200 CE

59 patron saints

16 martyrs

3rd

3rd century

201–300 CE

134 patron saints

18 martyrs

4th

4th century

301–400 CE

199 patron saints

19 martyrs

5th

5th century

401–500 CE

95 patron saints

2 martyrs

6th

6th century

501–600 CE

158 patron saints

1 martyrs

7th

7th century

601–700 CE

154 patron saints

1 martyrs

8th

8th century

701–800 CE

83 patron saints

1 martyrs

9th

9th century

801–900 CE

40 patron saints

10th

10th century

901–1,000 CE

34 patron saints

2 martyrs

11th

11th century

1,001–1,100 CE

76 patron saints

12th

12th century

1,101–1,200 CE

74 patron saints

1 martyrs

13th

13th century

1,201–1,300 CE

51 patron saints

14th

14th century

1,301–1,400 CE

30 patron saints

15th

15th century

1,401–1,500 CE

24 patron saints

16th

16th century

1,501–1,600 CE

43 patron saints

17th

17th century

1,601–1,700 CE

49 patron saints

18th

18th century

1,701–1,800 CE

21 patron saints

19th

19th century

1,801–1,900 CE

49 patron saints

2 martyrs

20th

20th century

1,901–2,000 CE

46 patron saints

21st

21st century

2,001–2,100 CE

2 patron saints

How century placement works

A death reference is used when available; a birth reference is the fallback. Source prose takes precedence over legacy numeric fields, BCE is never coerced into CE, impossible life chronologies are withheld, and every listed profile links back to its public canonical route.

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