From The Lives of the Popes from the Time of our Saviour Jesus Christ to the Accession of Gregory VII. Written Originally in Latin by B. Platina, Native of Cremona, and translated into English (from an anonymous translation, first printed in 1685 by Sir Paul Rycaut), Edited by William Benham, Volume I, London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, [1888, undated in text]; pp. xv-xxiv.
The Lives of the Popes,
BY
B. Platina
Volume I.
APPENDIX
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CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE.
Popes. A.D. Emperors. Contemporary Notes.
St. Peter, about 33 Tiberius.
Caligula.
Claudius.
Nero. Fall of Jerusalem.
St Linus. 68 Galba.
Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian.
St Cletus. 78 Rise of Gnosticism.
Ebionites.
Titus, Domitian, Nerva, Trajan. Apostolic Fathers.
St Evaristus. 100
St Alexander I. 109
Hadrian. The Apologists.
St Sixtus I. 119
St Telesphorus. 127
. Antoninus Pius.
St Hyginus. 139
Pius I. 142
St Anicetus. 157 Montanism.
Easter Controversy be-
Marcus Aurelius. tween East and West
St Soter. 168
St Eleutherius,
177
Commodus.
St Victor I. 193 Pertinax, Didius Julianus,
Septimus Severus.
St Zephyrinus. 202
Caracalla, Geta, Macrinus,
Elagabalus.
St Calistus I. 219 Catechetical School of
Alexandria.
St Urban I. 223 Alexander Severus. Origen.
Pontian. 230 Clement of Alexandria.
Hippolytus.
St Anterus. 235 Maximus.
283Popes. A.D. Emperors. Contemporary Notes.
St Fabian. 236
Maximus and Balbinus.
Philip, Decius. The Goths cross the
Danube and enter the
Empire.
St Cornelius. 251 Cyprian, Bishop of Car-
thage.
The Novatian Schism.
St Lucius I. 252
Sabellian heresy.
St Stephen I. 253 Valerian and Gallienus.
St Sixtus II. 257
St Dionysiius. 259
Claudius II.
St Felix I. 269
Aurelian.
St Eutychian. 275 Tacitus, Probus, Carus. Manichæism.
St Caius. 283
Diocletian and Maximian.
St Marcellinus. 296 The Meletian Schism.
Constantine, Galerius, Constan-
ine, Maxentius.
St Marcellus I. 308 Licinius.
St Eusebius. 310
St Melchiades. 311 Beginning of the
Constantine the Great alone. Donatist Schism.
The Edict of Toleration.
St Sylvester I. 314 Arian Controversy.
Council of Nicæa.
St Athansius.
St Mark. 336 The Church historians
Eusebius, Theodoret,
Socrates, Sozomen.
St Julius. 337 Constantine II., Constans, Council of Sardica.
Constantius II.
Liberius. 352 Rapid Growth of Monas-
Felix II. 355 ticism in the West.
Julian, Jovian, Valentinian,
Valens.
St Damasus I. 366 Apollinarian Contro-
Gratian, Valentinian II., versy.
Theodosius. Council of Constantinople.
St Siricius. 384 St. Ambrose, Cyril,
Eugenius usurps. Ephraem Syrus, Basil,
the Great, Gregory of
Nazianzus.
Popes. A.D. Emperors. Contemporary Notes.
W. Empire. E. Empire.
Honorius. Arcadius. St Chrysostom, Synesius,
St Anastasius I. 398 Augustine.
284St Innocent I. 402
Theodosius II. Rome sacked by Alaric.
Vandals in Spain.
Visigoths in Spain.
St Zosimus. 417 Franks on Lower Rhine.
Boniface I. 418
Constantius I.
St Celestine I. 422 Nestorian Controversy.
Valentinian III. Council of Ephesus.
St Sixtus III. 432
St Leo I. (the Pelagian Controversy.
Great.) 440 Attila the Hun.
Marcian The Eutychian Contro-
Maxmus. Leo I. versy. Council of Chal-
Avitus Mar- cedon.
joran.
St Hilary 461 Severus.
Ricimer.
Anthemius
St Simplicius. 468
Olybrius Gly- Leo.
cerius.
Julius Nepos. Zeno.
Romulus. Basilisc. Odoacer overthrows the
Western Empire.
St Felix III. 483 ———— Clovis founds the king-
dom of the Franks.
Anastasius I. Theodoric sets up the
St Gelasius I. 492 kingdom of the Ostro-
St Anastasius II. 496 goths in Italy.
St Symmachus. 498
Monophysites.
St [Hormisdas.] 514
Justin I.
St John I. 523
St Felix IV. 526
Justinian I. Italy recovered to the
Boniface II. 530 Eastern Empire.
John II. 533
St Agapetus I. 535 St Columba of Ireland.
St Sylverius. 536
Vigilius. 537 Fifth General Council at
Pelagius I. 555 Constantinople.
Dionysius Exiguus. The
John III. 560 birth of Christ made
Justin II. the first epoch in
Christian chronology.
Benedict I. 574 Lombards enter Italy.
285Popes. A.D. Emperors. Contemporary Notes.
W. Empire. E. Empire.
Pelagius II.
578
Tiberius II.
Maurice.
Maurice. Council of Toledo adds
Filioque to the Creed.
(the Great). 590 Conversion of England.
Phocas.
Sabinian. 604
Boniface III. 607
St Boniface IV. 608
Heraclius.
St Deus-[dedit]. 614
Boniface V. 618
The Hegira of Moham-
Honorius I. 625 med.
Severinus. 640
John IV. 640
Constantine III.
Theodore I. 642 Constans II. The Eastern Empire
wanes under the assaults
St Martin I. 649 of the Saracens.
St Eugenius I. 654
St Vitalian. 657
Constantine IV.
Adeodatus. 672 The Venerable Bede.
Donus I. 676
St Agatho. 678
Sixth General Council at
Constantinople (“In
Trullo”).
St Leo II.
682
Karling dynasty in France
and Germany.
St Benedict II. 684
John V. 685 Justinian II.
Conon. 686
St Sergius I. 687
Leontius.
Tiberius III.
John VI. 701
John VII. 705 Justinian II.
restored.
Sisinnius. 708
Constantine. 708
Phillipicus. Moorish Conquest of
Bardanes, An- Spain.
astasius II.
Gregory II. 715 .
Theodosius III. St Boniface in Germany.
Leo III., “the First Edict of the Em-
[Isaurian.”] peror Leo against Im-
ages.
St Gregory III. 731
286Popes. A.D. Emperors. Contemporary Notes.
W. Empire. E. Empire.
St Zacharias. 741 Constantine V.,
Copronymus.
Stephen II. 752
St Paul I. 757
Stephen IV. 768
Leo IV., Con- End of the Greek Ex-
stantine VI., archate of Ravenna.
and Irene.
St Leo III. 795 Charles the
Great. Nicephorus I., In 800 the Western Em-
Staurasius, pire is restored under
Michael I., Charles the Great,
Leo V. “Charlemagne.”
Stephen V. 816 Louis the Pious
St Paschal I. 817
Michael II., the
Stammerer.
Eugenius II. 824
Valentine. 827 Lothar I.
Gregory IV. 827
Theophilus.
Louis I.
Michael III.
Sergius II. 844
St Leo IV. 847
[106- John Pope Joan]
Benedict III. 855 Conversion of Bulgaria.
St Nicholas I. 858 Disputes on the Eucharist and
(the Great). and on Predestination.
Hadrian II. 867 Basil I. Russians under Ruric.
John VIII.
872
Charles II.
Charles III.
(“the Bald.”)
Charles III.
(“the Fat.”)
Marinus or 882
Hadrian III. 884
Stephen VI. 885
Leo VI.
Formosus. 891 Guido. Leo VI.
Lambert.
Arnuulf.
Boniface VI. 896
Stephen VII. 896
Romanus. 897
Theodore II. 898 Louis, the Child.
Louis III.
John IX. 898
Benedict IV. 900
Leo V. 903
Christopher. 903
287Popes. A.D. Emperors. Contemporary Notes.
W. Empire. E. Empire.
Sergius III. 904 The Normans christianised.
Anastasius III. 911 Alexander. Rollo.
Conrad I. Constantine X.
Landus. 913
John X. 914 Berengar. Romanus I.
Lecapenus and
Henry I. “the his sons.
Fowler.”
Leo VI. 928
Stephen VIII. 929
John XI. 931
Leo VII. 936 Otto I. (“the
Great.”)
Stephen IX. 939
Martin III. 942
Agapetus II. 946
John XII. 956
Romanus II.
Leo VIII. 963 Nicephorus I.
Phocas.
Benedict V. 964
John XIII. 965
John Zimisces.
Benedict VI. 972 Otto II.
[139 Boniface7]Domnus II. 974
[apocryphal]
Benedict VII. 9755
Basil II. and
Constantine XI.
John XIV. 983
Boniface VII. 985
John XV. 985 Hugh Capet in France.
Gregory V. 996
Sylvester II. 999 Henry II.
(“the Saint.”)
John XVII. 1003
John XVIII. 1003
Sergius IV. 1009
150 benedict 8John XIX. 1024 Conrad II.
Romanus III.
Benedict IX. 1033
Henry III. Michael IV.,
Michael V., Zoe,
and Theodora.
Constantine XII.
153 Sylvester3Gregory VI. 1044
Clement II. 1046
Damasus II. 1048
288Popes. A.D. Emperors. Contemporary Notes.
W. Empire. E. Empire.
St Leo IX. 1049
Henry IV.
Victor II. 1055
Michael VI.
Stephen X. 1057 Isaac Com-.
nenus.
160 Benedict10Nicholas II.
1058
Constantine
Scholasticism.
Constantine
XIII.
Alexander II. 1061 Norman Conquest of
Eudocia, Ro- England. 2nd Eucha-
manus IV. ristic Controversy.
Michael VII. Berengar and Lanfranc.
Gregory VII. 1073
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