Timeline of Saints & Writers
Saints and Catholic writers through the centuries, linked to their writings, biographies, reading editions, and sources.
The timeline places saints and Catholic writers by century, so you can see who wrote when and follow each name to its author page and reading editions.
Authors are placed by their principal-work century; additional saints use sourced life dates. Undated and legendary figures remain outside the dated sequence. Writings by a person and biographies about them are listed separately in the interactive timeline.
Saints & Hagiography · Reading room
Clement of Rome
1 century · principal work · Saint
Ignatius of Antioch
1 century · principal work · Saint
Aristides of Athens
2 century · principal work
Athenagoras of Athens
2 century · principal work
Didache (Teaching of the Twelve Apostles)
2 century · principal work
Epistle of Barnabas (author)
2 century · principal work
Hermas
2 century · principal work
Irenaeus of Lyons
2 century · principal work · Saint
Justin Martyr
2 century · principal work · Saint
Papias of Hierapolis
2 century · principal work
Polycarp of Smyrna
2 century · principal work · Saint
Tatian
2 century · principal work
Theophilus of Antioch
2 century · principal work
Bardaisan
3 century · principal work
Clement of Alexandria
3 century · principal work
Commodian
3 century · principal work
Cyprian of Carthage
3 century · principal work · Saint
Dionysius of Alexandria
3 century · principal work · Saint
Gaius of Rome
3 century · principal work
Gregory Thaumaturgus
3 century · principal work · Saint
Hippolytus of Rome
3 century · principal work · Saint
Methodius of Olympus
3 century · principal work · Saint
Minucius Felix
3 century · principal work
Novatian
3 century · principal work
Origen
3 century · principal work
Pamphilus of Caesarea
3 century · principal work
Peter of Alexandria
3 century · principal work · Saint
Pope Dionysius
3 century · principal work · Saint
Sextus Julius Africanus
3 century · principal work
Tertullian
3 century · principal work
Victorinus of Pettau
3 century · principal work · Saint
Alexander of Alexandria
4 century · principal work · Saint
Alexander of Lycopolis
4 century · principal work
Ambrose of Milan
4 century · principal work · Saint
Ambrosiaster
4 century · principal work
Antony the Great
4 century · principal work · Saint
Aphrahat
4 century · principal work
Arnobius of Sicca
4 century · principal work
Athanasius of Alexandria
4 century · principal work · Saint
Basil the Great
4 century · principal work · Saint
Cyril of Jerusalem
4 century · principal work · Saint
Ephrem the Syrian
4 century · principal work · Saint
Epiphanius of Salamis
4 century · principal work · Status not recorded
Eusebius of Caesarea
4 century · principal work
Evagrius Ponticus
4 century · principal work
Gregory of Nazianzus
4 century · principal work · Saint
Gregory of Nyssa
4 century · principal work · Status not recorded
Hilary of Poitiers
4 century · principal work · Saint
John Chrysostom
4 century · principal work · Saint
Lactantius
4 century · principal work
Macarius of Egypt
4 century · principal work · Status not recorded
Moses the Black
4 century · principal work · Status not recorded
Pachomius
4 century · principal work · Saint
Prudentius
4 century · principal work
Rufinus of Aquileia
4 century · principal work
Syncletica of Alexandria
4 century · principal work · Saint
Augustine of Hippo
5 century · principal work · Saint
Cyril of Alexandria
5 century · principal work · Saint
Gennadius of Massilia
5 century · principal work
Jerome
5 century · principal work · Saint
John Cassian
5 century · principal work · Saint
Leo the Great
5 century · principal work · Saint
Movses Khorenatsi
5 century · principal work
Palladius of Galatia
5 century · principal work
Paulinus of Nola
5 century · principal work · Saint
Peter Chrysologus
5 century · principal work · Saint
Prosper of Aquitaine
5 century · principal work
Socrates Scholasticus
5 century · principal work
Sozomen
5 century · principal work
Sulpicius Severus
5 century · principal work
Theodoret of Cyrrhus
5 century · principal work
Vincent of Lérins
5 century · principal work · Saint
Benedict of Nursia
6 century · principal work · Saint
Boethius
6 century · principal work
Caesarius of Arles
6 century · principal work · Saint
Cassiodorus
6 century · principal work
Fulgentius of Ruspe
6 century · principal work · Saint
Gregory of Tours
6 century · principal work · Saint
Gregory the Great
6 century · principal work · Saint
Leander of Seville
6 century · principal work · Saint
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
6 century · principal work
Romanos the Melodist
6 century · principal work · Venerable
Venantius Fortunatus
6 century · principal work · Saint
Adomnán
7 century · principal work · Saint
Columbanus
7 century · principal work · Saint
Ildephonsus of Toledo
7 century · principal work · Saint
Isidore of Seville
7 century · principal work · Saint
John Climacus
7 century · principal work · Saint
Maximus the Confessor
7 century · principal work · Saint
Sophronius of Jerusalem
7 century · principal work · Saint
Alcuin of York
8 century · principal work
Andrew of Crete
8 century · principal work · Status not recorded
Bede the Venerable
8 century · principal work · Saint
Boniface
8 century · principal work · Saint
Germanus I of Constantinople
8 century · principal work · Saint
John of Damascus
8 century · principal work · Saint
Paul the Deacon
8 century · principal work
Hincmar of Reims
9 century · principal work
John Scotus Eriugena
9 century · principal work
Paschasius Radbertus
9 century · principal work · Saint
Rabanus Maurus
9 century · principal work · Saint
Theodore the Studite
9 century · principal work · Saint
Gregory of Narek
10 century · principal work · Saint
Odo of Cluny
10 century · principal work · Saint
Anselm of Canterbury
11 century · principal work · Saint
Fulbert of Chartres
11 century · principal work · Saint
Lanfranc
11 century · principal work
Peter Damian
11 century · principal work · Saint
Aelred of Rievaulx
12 century · principal work · Saint
Alan of Lille
12 century · principal work
Bernard of Clairvaux
12 century · principal work · Saint
Gratian
12 century · principal work
Guigo II the Carthusian
12 century · principal work
Hildegard of Bingen
12 century · principal work · Saint
Hugh of Saint Victor
12 century · principal work
Joachim of Fiore
12 century · principal work · Blessed
Peter Lombard
12 century · principal work
Richard of Saint Victor
12 century · principal work
Rupert of Deutz
12 century · principal work
William of Saint-Thierry
12 century · principal work
Albert the Great
13 century · principal work · Saint
Alexander of Hales
13 century · principal work
Angela of Foligno
13 century · principal work · Saint
Anthony of Padua
13 century · principal work · Saint
Bonaventure
13 century · principal work · Saint
Clare of Assisi
13 century · principal work · Saint
Dominic de Guzmán
13 century · principal work · Saint
Duns Scotus
13 century · principal work
Francis of Assisi
13 century · principal work · Saint
Gertrude the Great
13 century · principal work · Saint
Godfrey of Fontaines
13 century · principal work
Henry of Ghent
13 century · principal work
Jacobus de Voragine
13 century · principal work
Jacopone da Todi
13 century · principal work · Status not recorded
Mechthild of Magdeburg
13 century · principal work
Raymond of Penyafort
13 century · principal work · Saint
Robert Grosseteste
13 century · principal work
Roger Bacon
13 century · principal work
Thomas Aquinas
13 century · principal work · Saint
Thomas of Celano
13 century · principal work
Bridget of Sweden
14 century · principal work · Saint
Catherine of Siena
14 century · principal work · Saint
Dante Alighieri
14 century · principal work
Giles of Rome
14 century · principal work
Henry Suso
14 century · principal work · Blessed
Johannes Tauler
14 century · principal work
John of Ruysbroeck
14 century · principal work
Meister Eckhart
14 century · principal work
Ramon Llull
14 century · principal work
Richard Rolle
14 century · principal work · Saint
The Cloud of Unknowing author
14 century · principal work
Walter Hilton
14 century · principal work
William of Ockham
14 century · principal work
Antoninus of Florence
15 century · principal work
Bernardino of Siena
15 century · principal work · Saint
Catherine of Genoa
15 century · principal work · Saint
Denis the Carthusian
15 century · principal work
Francis of Paola
15 century · principal work · Saint
Gabriel Biel
15 century · principal work
Girolamo Savonarola
15 century · principal work
Jean Gerson
15 century · principal work
Johannes Capreolus
15 century · principal work
John Capistrano
15 century · principal work · Saint
Julian of Norwich
15 century · principal work · Blessed
Margery Kempe
15 century · principal work
Nicholas of Cusa
15 century · principal work
Thomas à Kempis
15 century · principal work
Vincent Ferrer
15 century · principal work · Saint
Cesare Baronius
16 century · principal work
Charles Borromeo
16 century · principal work · Saint
Domingo Báñez
16 century · principal work
Domingo de Soto
16 century · principal work
Edmund Campion
16 century · principal work · Saint
Erasmus of Rotterdam
16 century · principal work
Francis Xavier
16 century · principal work · Saint
Francisco de Vitoria
16 century · principal work
Gabriel Vásquez
16 century · principal work
Gregory Martin
16 century · principal work
Ignatius of Loyola
16 century · principal work · Saint
Johann Eck
16 century · principal work
John Fisher
16 century · principal work · Saint
John of the Cross
16 century · principal work · Saint
John of Ávila
16 century · principal work · Saint
Juan de Maldonado
16 century · principal work
Juan de los Ángeles
16 century · principal work
Lorenzo Scupoli
16 century · principal work
Louis of Granada
16 century · principal work
Luis de Molina
16 century · principal work
Melchior Cano
16 century · principal work
Peter Canisius
16 century · principal work · Saint
Peter Faber
16 century · principal work · Saint
Peter of Alcántara
16 century · principal work · Saint
Philip Neri
16 century · principal work · Saint
Robert Persons
16 century · principal work
Robert Southwell
16 century · principal work · Saint
Teresa of Ávila
16 century · principal work · Saint
Thomas Cajetan
16 century · principal work
Thomas More
16 century · principal work · Saint
Thomas Stapleton
16 century · principal work
William Allen
16 century · principal work
Alphonsus Rodriguez
17 century · principal work
Angelus Silesius
17 century · principal work
Blaise Pascal
17 century · principal work
Brother Lawrence
17 century · principal work
Claude La Colombière
17 century · principal work · Saint
Cornelius a Lapide
17 century · principal work
Francis de Sales
17 century · principal work · Saint
Francisco Suárez
17 century · principal work
Friedrich Spee
17 century · principal work
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
17 century · principal work
Jane Frances de Chantal
17 century · principal work · Saint
Jean Mabillon
17 century · principal work
Jean-Jacques Olier
17 century · principal work
Jean-Joseph Surin
17 century · principal work
John Eudes
17 century · principal work · Saint
John Gother
17 century · principal work
John of Saint Thomas
17 century · principal work
Juan de Lugo
17 century · principal work
Lawrence of Brindisi
17 century · principal work · Saint
Leonard Lessius
17 century · principal work · Status not recorded
Louis Lallemant
17 century · principal work
Margaret Mary Alacoque
17 century · principal work · Saint
Mary of Agreda
17 century · principal work
Pierre de Bérulle
17 century · principal work
Robert Bellarmine
17 century · principal work · Saint
Vincent de Paul
17 century · principal work · Saint
Alban Butler
18 century · principal work
- The Lives of the Saints: January, February, and March
- The Lives of the Saints: July
- The Lives of the Saints (1812 London edition, scans)
Alphonsus Liguori
18 century · principal work · Saint
Augustin Calmet
18 century · principal work
Charles Billuart
18 century · principal work
François Fénelon
18 century · principal work
Giovanni Battista Scaramelli
18 century · principal work
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
18 century · principal work · Saint
Jean-Pierre de Caussade
18 century · principal work
Leonard of Port Maurice
18 century · principal work · Saint
Louis de Montfort
18 century · principal work · Saint
Paul of the Cross
18 century · principal work · Saint
Prospero Lambertini (Benedict XIV)
18 century · principal work
Richard Challoner
18 century · principal work
Alessandro Manzoni
19 century · principal work
Anne Catherine Emmerich
19 century · principal work · Blessed
Antonio Rosmini
19 century · principal work
Aubrey de Vere
19 century · principal work
Augustus Pugin
19 century · principal work
Charles Péguy
19 century · principal work
Clemens Brentano
19 century · principal work
Coventry Patmore
19 century · principal work
Elizabeth of the Trinity
19 century · principal work · Saint
Ernest Dowson
19 century · principal work
Francis Thompson
19 century · principal work
François-René de Chateaubriand
19 century · principal work
Frederick William Faber
19 century · principal work
Friedrich Schlegel
19 century · principal work
Frédéric Ozanam
19 century · principal work
Félicité de Lamennais
19 century · principal work
Gerard Manley Hopkins
19 century · principal work
Gregor Mendel
19 century · principal work
Gregory XVI (Mauro Cappellari)
19 century · principal work
Heinrich Denzinger
19 century · principal work
Henri-Dominique Lacordaire
19 century · principal work
Henry Edward Manning
19 century · principal work
Isaac Hecker
19 century · principal work
Jaime Balmes
19 century · principal work
Jean-Marie Vianney
19 century · principal work · Saint
Johann Adam Möhler
19 century · principal work
John Bosco
19 century · principal work · Saint
John Henry Newman
19 century · principal work · Saint
- Apologia pro vita sua
- An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent
- An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
- The Idea of a University
- Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert
- Callista: A Tale of the Third Century
- The Dream of Gerontius
Joris-Karl Huysmans
19 century · principal work
Joseph Deharbe
19 century · principal work
Joseph Görres
19 century · principal work
Joseph Kleutgen
19 century · principal work
Joseph de Maistre
19 century · principal work
Juan Donoso Cortés
19 century · principal work
Lew Wallace
19 century · principal work
Lord Acton
19 century · principal work
Louis Veuillot
19 century · principal work
Matthias Joseph Scheeben
19 century · principal work
Nicholas Wiseman
19 century · principal work
Orestes Brownson
19 century · principal work
Oscar Wilde
19 century · principal work
Pope Leo XIII
19 century · principal work
Pope Pius IX
19 century · principal work · Blessed
Pope Pius X
19 century · principal work · Saint
Prosper Guéranger
19 century · principal work
Robert Hugh Benson
19 century · principal work
Thérèse of Lisieux
19 century · principal work · Saint
William George Ward
19 century · principal work
Adolphe Tanquerey
20 century · principal work
Adrian Fortescue
20 century · principal work
Adrienne von Speyr
20 century · principal work
Alfred Delp
20 century · principal work
Alfred Noyes
20 century · principal work
Alice Meynell
20 century · principal work
Anscar Vonier
20 century · principal work
Antonin-Dalmace Sertillanges
20 century · principal work
Antonio Royo Marín
20 century · principal work
Avery Dulles
20 century · principal work
Bede Jarrett
20 century · principal work
Benedict Groeschel
20 century · principal work
Bernard Häring
20 century · principal work
Bernard Lonergan
20 century · principal work
C. C. Martindale
20 century · principal work
Caryll Houselander
20 century · principal work
Catherine Doherty
20 century · principal work
Charles De Koninck
20 century · principal work
Charles Journet
20 century · principal work
Charles Taylor
20 century · principal work
Chiara Lubich
20 century · principal work
Christoph Schönborn
20 century · principal work
Christopher Dawson
20 century · principal work
Columba Marmion
20 century · principal work · Blessed
Cuthbert Butler
20 century · principal work
Dana Gioia
20 century · principal work
David Jones
20 century · principal work
Dietrich von Hildebrand
20 century · principal work
Dom Hubert van Zeller
20 century · principal work
Dorothy Day
20 century · principal work
Désiré-Joseph Mercier
20 century · principal work
Eamon Duffy
20 century · principal work
Edith Sitwell
20 century · principal work
Edith Stein
20 century · principal work · Saint
Elizabeth Anscombe
20 century · principal work
Eugene Boylan
20 century · principal work
Evelyn Waugh
20 century · principal work
Faustina Kowalska
20 century · principal work · Saint
Flannery O'Connor
20 century · principal work
Francis Arinze
20 century · principal work
Francis Xavier Nguyễn Văn Thuận
20 century · principal work
Frank Duff
20 century · principal work
Frank Sheed
20 century · principal work
François Mauriac
20 century · principal work
Fulton J. Sheen
20 century · principal work
G. K. Chesterton
20 century · principal work
- Orthodoxy
- The Everlasting Man
- The Innocence of Father Brown
- The Man Who Was Thursday
- Saint Francis of Assisi
- Heretics
- What's Wrong with the World
- The Ball and the Cross
- The Wisdom of Father Brown
- The Incredulity of Father Brown
- The Secret of Father Brown
- The Ballad of the White Horse
- The Catholic Church and Conversion
Gabriel Marcel
20 century · principal work
Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen
20 century · principal work
George Weigel
20 century · principal work
Georges Bernanos
20 century · principal work
Georges Lemaître
20 century · principal work
Gertrud von le Fort
20 century · principal work
Graham Greene
20 century · principal work
Hans Urs von Balthasar
20 century · principal work
Henri Nouwen
20 century · principal work
Henri de Lubac
20 century · principal work
Henryk Sienkiewicz
20 century · principal work
Herbert Thurston
20 century · principal work
Hilaire Belloc
20 century · principal work
Hugh Ross Williamson
20 century · principal work
J. F. Powers
20 century · principal work
J. R. R. Tolkien
20 century · principal work
Jacques Barzun
20 century · principal work
Jacques Maritain
20 century · principal work
Jacques Philippe
20 century · principal work
James Gibbons
20 century · principal work
Jean Daniélou
20 century · principal work
Jean Leclercq
20 century · principal work
Jean-Baptiste Chautard
20 century · principal work
John A. O'Brien
20 century · principal work
John Chapman (monk)
20 century · principal work
John Finnis
20 century · principal work
John Hardon
20 century · principal work
John O'Connor
20 century · principal work
John Paul II
20 century · principal work · Saint
John Senior
20 century · principal work
Josef Jungmann
20 century · principal work
Josef Pieper
20 century · principal work
Josemaría Escrivá
20 century · principal work · Saint
Joseph Fessio
20 century · principal work
Joseph Gredt
20 century · principal work
Joseph Pohle
20 century · principal work
Joyce Kilmer
20 century · principal work
Jérôme Lejeune
20 century · principal work
József Mindszenty
20 century · principal work · Venerable
Karl Adam
20 century · principal work
Karl Keating
20 century · principal work
Karl Rahner
20 century · principal work
Leo J. Trese
20 century · principal work
Louis Bouyer
20 century · principal work
Ludwig Ott
20 century · principal work
Ludwig von Pastor
20 century · principal work
Luigi Giussani
20 century · principal work
Léon Bloy
20 century · principal work
Maisie Ward
20 century · principal work
Marcus Grodi
20 century · principal work
Marilynne Robinson
20 century · principal work
Marshall McLuhan
20 century · principal work
Martin Mosebach
20 century · principal work
Mary Ann Glendon
20 century · principal work
Maurice Baring
20 century · principal work
Maximilian Kolbe
20 century · principal work · Saint
Michael D. O'Brien
20 century · principal work
Michael Davies
20 century · principal work
Michael Pakaluk
20 century · principal work
Mortimer Adler
20 century · principal work
Mother Mary Loyola
20 century · principal work
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
20 century · principal work · Saint
Muriel Spark
20 century · principal work
Odo Casel
20 century · principal work
Paul Claudel
20 century · principal work
Peter Geach
20 century · principal work
Peter Kreeft
20 century · principal work
Peter Maurin
20 century · principal work
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
20 century · principal work
Pio of Pietrelcina
20 century · principal work · Saint
Pius Parsch
20 century · principal work
Pope John XXIII
20 century · principal work · Saint
Pope Leo XIV
20 century · principal work
Pope Paul VI
20 century · principal work · Saint
Pope Pius XI
20 century · principal work
Pope Pius XII
20 century · principal work · Venerable
Ralph Martin
20 century · principal work
Ralph McInerny
20 century · principal work
Raïssa Maritain
20 century · principal work
Robert Barron
20 century · principal work
Robert P. George
20 century · principal work
Robert Sarah
20 century · principal work
Romano Amerio
20 century · principal work
Romano Guardini
20 century · principal work
Ronald Knox
20 century · principal work
Ronald Rolheiser
20 century · principal work
Russell Kirk
20 century · principal work
Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange
20 century · principal work
Rémi Brague
20 century · principal work
Scott Hahn
20 century · principal work
Servais Pinckaers
20 century · principal work
Shūsaku Endō
20 century · principal work
Siegfried Sassoon
20 century · principal work
Sigrid Undset
20 century · principal work
Stanley Jaki
20 century · principal work
Steve Ray
20 century · principal work
Thomas Dubay
20 century · principal work
Thomas Merton
20 century · principal work
Titus Brandsma
20 century · principal work · Saint
Vincent McNabb
20 century · principal work
Walker Percy
20 century · principal work
Walter Ciszek
20 century · principal work
Warren H. Carroll
20 century · principal work
Wilfrid Ward
20 century · principal work
Willa Cather
20 century · principal work
Yves Congar
20 century · principal work
Yves Simon
20 century · principal work
Étienne Gilson
20 century · principal work
Alasdair MacIntyre
21 century · principal work
Alice von Hildebrand
21 century · principal work
Brant Pitre
21 century · principal work
Christopher West
21 century · principal work
Edward Feser
21 century · principal work
Erik Varden
21 century · principal work
Fabrice Hadjadj
21 century · principal work
Fr. Mike Schmitz
21 century · principal work
Francis Fernandez-Carvajal
21 century · principal work
Germain Grisez
21 century · principal work
Jason Evert
21 century · principal work
Jean-Pierre Torrell
21 century · principal work
Jennifer Fulwiler
21 century · principal work
Jimmy Akin
21 century · principal work
Joseph Pearce
21 century · principal work
Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI)
21 century · principal work
Mary Healy
21 century · principal work
Matt Fradd
21 century · principal work
Matthew Levering
21 century · principal work
Mike Aquilina
21 century · principal work
Mother Angelica
21 century · principal work
Patrick Madrid
21 century · principal work
Peter Kwasniewski
21 century · principal work
Pope Francis
21 century · principal work
Raymond Arroyo
21 century · principal work
René Girard
21 century · principal work
Robert Spaemann
21 century · principal work
Rodney Stark
21 century · principal work
Ross Douthat
21 century · principal work
Sohrab Ahmari
21 century · principal work
Taylor Marshall
21 century · principal work
Thomas E. Woods
21 century · principal work
Thomas Joseph White
21 century · principal work
Tim Staples
21 century · principal work
Trent Horn
21 century · principal work
Additional saints and traditional figures
- Agatha of Sicily — Saint
- Agnes of Rome — Saint
- Andrew the Apostle — Saint
- Saint Anne — Saint
- Saint Apollonia — Saint
- Saint Barbara — Saint · Tradition and legend
- Bernadette Soubirous — Saint
- Blaise of Sebaste — Saint
- Catherine of Alexandria — Saint · Tradition and legend
- Saint Cecilia — Saint
- Saint Christopher — Saint · Tradition and legend
- Denis of Paris — Saint
- Dymphna — Status not recorded · Tradition and legend
- Expeditus — Saint · Tradition and legend
- Saint George — Saint · Historical core, later legend
- Isidore the Laborer — Saint
- Joan of Arc — Saint
- John the Apostle — Saint
- John the Baptist — Saint
- Saint Joseph — Saint
- Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin — Saint
- Jude the Apostle — Saint
- Kateri Tekakwitha — Saint
- Lawrence of Rome — Saint
- Saint Lucy — Saint
- Margaret the Virgin — Saint · Tradition and legend
- Maria Goretti — Saint
- Martin of Tours — Saint
- Mary Magdalene — Saint
- Michael — Archangel · Archangel
- Monica of Hippo — Saint
- Saint Nicholas — Saint
- Saint Patrick — Saint
- Paul the Apostle — Saint
- Saint Peter — Saint
- Philomena — Saint · Tradition and legend
- Rita of Cascia — Saint
- Saint Roch — Saint
- Scholastica — Saint
- Saint Sebastian — Saint
- Saint Stephen — Saint
- Thomas Becket — Saint
- Thomas the Apostle — Saint
- Saint Ursula — Saint · Tradition and legend
- Saint Valentine — Saint · Tradition and legend
- Saint Veronica — Saint · Tradition and legend