Proof of the Papacy

100

Inscription at the Church Built Upon the Birthplace of Peter

110

St. Ignatius of Antioch

170

St. Dionysius of Corinth

170

Tatian the Syrian

175

Old Latin Prologue to Mark

180

Abercius of Hierapolis

180

Hegesippus

180

Unknown Pope

184

St. Theophilus of Antioch

189

St. Irenaeus of Lyons

200

Tertullian of Carthage

200

St. Clement of Alexandria

100

Inscription at the Church Built Upon the Birthplace of Peter

110

St. Ignatius of Antioch

170

St. Dionysius of Corinth

170

Tatian the Syrian

175

Old Latin Prologue to Mark

180

Abercius of Hierapolis

180

Hegesippus

180

Unknown Pope

184

St. Theophilus of Antioch

189

St. Irenaeus of Lyons

200

Tertullian of Carthage

200

St. Clement of Alexandria

220

Unknown Writer

221

Caius

221

(Spurious) Clement of Rome

230

Didascalia Apostolorum

236

Pope St. Anterus

248

Origen

250

St. Cyprian

252

Letter from Schismatic Bishops

252

Pope St. Cornelius

253

Pope St. Lucius I

253

Firmilian

260

Pope St. Dionysius of Rome

260

St. Peter of Alexandria

269

Pope St. Felix I

303

Ancient Inscription

303

St. Theodotus of Ancyra

306

St. Peter I of Alexandria

311

Pope St. Miltiades

312

Eusebius of Caesarea

312

The Martyrs of Lyons

313

Emperor Constantine

314

Council of Arles

315

St. Hilary of Poitiers

320

Lactantius

325

The First Council of Nicaea (The First Ecumenical Council)

329

St. Basil the Great

330

St. Anthony of Egypt

341

Pope St. Julius I

342

Philipfopolis

342

Council of Sardica

348

Aurelius Prudentius Clemens

350

St. Cyril of Jerusalem

351

St. Ephraim the Syrian (Ephrem)

357

Pope Liberius

362

St. Athanasius

363

Sulpitius Severus

367

St. Optatus of Milevis

370

Ambrosiaster

371

St. Macarius of Egypt

372

St. Gregory of Nyssa

375

Pacian

375

St. Epiphanius of Salamis

378

Council of Rome, 378

379

St. Ambrose of Milan

380

Theodosian Code

380

Tyrannius Rufinus

381

The First Council of Constantinople (The Second Ecumenical Council)

382

Pope St. Damasus I

383

St. Jerome

384

Council of Rome, 384

385

Pope St. Siricius

387

St. John Chrysostom

389

Council of Aquileia, 381

390

Council of Milan

393

St. Augustine

395

Asterius, Bishop of Amasea in Pontus

395

St. Prosper of Aquitaine

395

St. Gregory Nazianzen (The Theologian)

400

Assumption of Mary

400

The Apostolic Canons

416

The Council of Milevis (Also known as the Council of Mileve, or the Council of Carthage)

416

Celestius

416

Pope St. Innocent I

417

Pelagius

417

Paulinus the Deacon

418

Julian of Eclanum

418

Pope St. Zosimus

422

Pope St. Boniface I

424

St. Cyril of Alexandria

426

Anonymous

430

Emperors Theodosius and Valentinian

430

Marius Mercator

430

Pope St. Sixtus III

430

St. Maximus of Turin

430

St. John Cassian

431

Pope St. Celestine I

431

The Council of Ephesus (The Third Ecumenical Council)

434

St. Proclus Patriarch of Constantinople

434

St. Vincent of Lérins

437

Possidius

439

Socrates

440

Praedestinatus

444

St. Sechnall of Ireland

445

Nestorius

445

Emperor Valentian I

445

Pope St. Leo the Great

448

St. Nilus

448

Eutyches the Monophysite

449

St. Peter Chrysologus

449

Flavian

450

Sozomen

450

Armenians

450

Galla Placidia Augusta

450

St. Eusebius of Doryleum

450

St. Theodoret of Cyrus

450

The Empress Pulcheria

451

Bishops of Moesia

451

The Council of Chalcedon (The Fourth Ecumenical Council)

451

Patriarch Macedonius II of Constantinople

451

Emperor Marcian

451

Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople

451

Eastern Bishops

485

Victor of Vita

490

Bishop Fravitta of Constantinople

490

Gelasius of Cyzicus

490

Pope St. Simplicius

492

Pope St. Gelasius I

494

Bishops of Dardania

495

Avitus

495

The Roman Synod of 495

499

The Roman Synod of 499

510

Greek Bishops

510

St. Ennodius

510

St. Avitus of Vienne

511

St. Pope Symmachus

517

Monks of Syria Secunda

519

St. Pope Hormisdas

520

Emperor Justinian

520

Bishop of Patara

520

St. Pope John I

523

St. Fulgentius of Ruspe

536

Council of Jerusalem, 536

553

The Second Council of Constantinople (The Fifth Ecumenical Council)

575

John, Patriarch of Jerusalem

581

St. Eulogius of Alexandria

590

St. Pope Gregory the Great

590

St. Pope Pelagius II

600

St. Columbanus

638

St. Sophronius of Jerusalem

645

Stephen of Dora

649

The Lateran Council of 649

649

Sergius of Cyprus

649

Pope St. Martin I

650

St. Maximus the Confessor

669

Monks of Gangres

680

St. Pope Agatho

681

The Third Council of Constantinople (The Sixth Ecumenical Council)

682

Pope Saint Leo II

698

Emperor Constantine IV

700

St. John of Damascus

715

St. Bede

715

John VI, Patriarch of Constantinople

719

St. Pope Gregory II

722

St. Boniface

743

St. Pope Zacharias

749

Lateran Synod of 749

753

St. Stephen the Younger

755

Emperor Anastasius I of Constantinople

758

St. Nicephoruse, Patriarch of Constantinople

780

St. Alcuin of York

785

The Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne

787

The Second Council of Nicaea (The Seventh Ecumenical Council)

800

St. Theodore the Studite

820

Theodore Abu Qurrah

865

Sts. Cyril & Methodius

865

Pope St. Nicholas I the Great

869

The 4th Council of Constantinople

869

Pope Hadrian II

878

Anastasius

878

Patriarch Photius I of Constantinople

878

Pope John VIII

980

St. Symeon the New Theologian

1053

Pope Saint Leo IX