249-51 | Persecution by the Emperor Decius. |
c. 251 | Anthony the Great born. |
c. 292 | Pachomius born. |
303 | Edict of Persecution |
c. 315 | Amoun begins his monastic life. |
c. 320 | Pachomius founds a community at Tabennisi. |
324 | Constantine sole emperor. |
325 | Council of Nicea. |
328 | Athanasius, Archbishop of Alexandria. |
c. 330 | The two Macarii in Egypt. |
337 | Death of Constantine, as a Christian. |
c. 340 | Floruit Pambo in Scetis.
The foundation of the Cells. Also in Egypt: Sisoes, John the Dwarf, Paphnutius, Isidore the Priest, Pior, Carion and hi son Zacharias. |
c. 343 | Rufinus and Jerome born. |
346 | Death of Pachomius. |
356 | Death of Anthony. Sisoes settles on the Mountain of Anthony sometime later. |
357 | Athanasius writes the Life of Anthony. |
361 | Julian the Apostate, Emperor. |
362 | Athanasius exiled. |
367 | Epiphanius, bishop in Cyprus. |
370 | Basil, Bishop of Caesarea, writes his Rules. |
373 | Death of Athanasius. |
373-5 | Rufinus and Melania visit Egypt.
Death of Pambo. |
376 | Euthymius born. |
379 | Death of Basil. |
381 | Council of Constantinople. |
383 | Evagrius in Nitria and at the Cells. |
385 | Jerome in Bethlehem. |
c. 390 | Death of Macarius the Egyptian. |
391 | Destruction of pagan temples. Floruit John of Lycopolis. |
394 | Arsenius to Scetis. |
398 | John Chrysostom, Bishop of Constantinople. |
399 | Death of Evagrius. Archbishop Theophilus opposes Anthropomorphism and condemns Origenism. |
400 | John Cassian in Constantinople. |
407-8 | First devastation of Scetis, Moses and his Companions killed.
Poemen and his brothers, Joseph, Theodore, Agathon, etc. leave Scetis. |
407 | Death of John Chrysostom.
At Gaza, Silvanus with Mark the Calligrapher, makes a settlement. At Enaton, Lucius, Lot and Longinus. |
410 | Sack of Rome by Alaric. |
c. 412 | Rufinus’ Version of the History of the Monks of Egypt complete.
Death of Rufinus. |
419-20 | Palladius’ Lausiac History written. |
421-6 | Cassian writes the Institutes and Conferences. |
431 | Council of Ephesus. |
434 | Second devastation of Scetis.
Arsenius goes to Troe. |
c. 439 | Saba born. |
449 | Death of Arsenius. |
451 | Council of Chalcedon. |
455 | Sack of Rome by the Vandals. |
459 | Death of Simeon Stylites.
Daniel becomes a Stylite. |
c. 480 | Birth of St. Benedict of Nursia |