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Born Rome • Italy
Died c.286 • Soissons? • France
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
Constantine I
Constantine I
Roman emperor
Diocletian
Diocletian
Roman emperor
Theodosius I
Theodosius I
Roman emperor
Nero
Nero
Roman emperor
Julian the Apostate, detail of a marble statue; in the Louvre, Paris.
Julian
Roman emperor
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, woodcut, 1537.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Roman scholar, philosopher, and statesman
Patron saint of Ireland
St. Patrick
bishop and patron saint of Ireland
St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose
bishop of Milan
St. Damasus I
St. Damasus I
pope
Saint Hippolytus of Rome
antipope
Galerius, marble bust; in the Capitoline Museum, Rome
Galerius
Roman emperor
Novatian
antipope
Arsenius the Great
Roman monk
Tyrannius Rufinus
Roman priest and writer
Prudentius
Christian poet
Saint Maurice
Christian saint
St. Silas
Christian prophet
Saints Sergius and Bacchus
Christian saint