The History of the Christian Church
by Henry C. Sheldon
Originally Published by Thomas Y. Crowell and Co., 1895
THE EARLY CHURCH
Roman Bishops and Emperors
With some revisions and type-setting by
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| Date of Accession | Bishops | Emperors |
| 54 | -- | Nero |
| 67 | Linus | -- |
| 68 69 | -- | Galba Otho Vitellius |
| 70 | -- | Vespasian |
| 79 | Anacletus | Titus |
| 81 | -- | Domitian |
| 92 | Clement I. | -- |
| 96 | -- | Nerva |
| 98 | -- | Trajan |
| 101 | Evaristus | -- |
| 109 | Alexander I. | -- |
| 117 | -- | Hadrian |
| 119 | Xystus (or Sixtus I.). | -- |
| 127 | Telesphorus | -- |
| 138 | -- | Antoninus Pius |
| 139 | Hyginus | -- |
| 142 | Pius I. | -- |
| 157 | Anicetus | -- |
| 161 | -- | Marcus Aurelius |
| 168 | Soter | -- |
| 177 | Eleutherus | -- |
| 180 | -- | Commodus |
| 190-192 | Victor I. | -- |
| 192 | Victor I. | -- |
| 192 | -- | Pertinax |
| 193 | -- | Septimus Severus |
| 202 | Zephyrinus | -- |
| 211 | -- | Carcalla |
| 217 | -- | Macrinus |
| 218 | Callistus | Heliogabalus |
| 222 | -- | Alexander Severus |
| 223 | Urban I. | -- |
| 230 | Pontianus | -- |
| 235 | Anterus | Maximin (the Thracian). |
| 236 | Fabianus | -- |
| 238 | -- | Gordian (the Younger). |
| 244 | -- | Philip (the Arabian). |
| 249 | -- | Decius |
| 251 | Cornelius | Gallus |
| 253 | Lucius I. | -- |
| 253 | Stephan I. | Valerian |
| 257 | Xystus (Sixtus) II. | -- |
| 259 | Dionysius | -- |
| 260 | -- | Gallienus |
| 268 | -- | Claudius II. |
| 269 | Felix I. | -- |
| 270 | -- | Aurelian |
| 275 | Eutychianus | Tacitus |
| 276 | -- | Probus |
| 282 | -- | Carus |
| 283 | Caius | -- |
| 284 | -- | Diocletian |
| 286 | -- | Maximian (joint emperor). |
| 304-307 | -- | -- |
| 305 | -- | Constantius Galerius |
| 306 | -- | Constantine Maxentius |
| 307 | -- | Licinius |
| 308 | Marcellus | Maximin II. |
| 309-310 | Eusebius | -- |
| 311 | Melchiades | -- |
| 314 | Sylvester I. | -- |
| 323 | -- | Constantine, as sole emperor. |
| 336 | Marcus | -- |
| 337 | Julius I. | Constantine II. Constantinius II. Constans |
| 350 | -- | Constantius II., as sole emperor. |
| 352 | Liberius | -- |
| 361 | -- | Julian |
| 363 | -- | Jovian |
| 364 | -- | Valentinian I. Valens |
| 366 | Damasus | -- |
| 375 | -- | Gratian Valentinian II. |
| 379 | -- | Theodosius |
| 385 | Siricius | -- |
| 394 | -- | Theodosius, as sole emperor. |
| 395 | -- | Arcadius (east) Honorius (west) |
| 398 | Anastasius I. | -- |
| 402 | Innocent I. | -- |
| 408 | -- | Theodosius II. (east) |
| 417 | Zosimus | -- |
| 418 | Boniface I. | -- |
| 422 | Coelestine I. | -- |
| 423 | -- | Valentinian III. (west) |
| 432 | Sixtus III. | -- |
| 440 | Leo I. | -- |
| 450 | -- | Marcian (east). |
| 455 | -- | Maximus Avitas (west). |
| 457 | -- | Majorian (west). |
| 457 | -- | Leo I. (east). |
| 461 | Hilarius | Severus (west). |
| 467 | -- | Anthemius (west). |
| 468 | Simplicius | -- |
| 472 | -- | Olybrius (west). |
| 473 | -- | Glycerius (west). |
| 474 | -- | Julius Nepos (west). |
| 474 | -- | Leo II (east). |
| 474 | -- | Zeno (east). |
| 475 | -- | Romulus Augustulus, with whom the Western empire ends in 476. |
| 476 | -- | Basiliscus |
| 483 | -- | Felix II. |
| 491 | -- | Anastasius I. |
| 492 | -- | Gelasius I. |
| 496 | Anastasius II. | -- |
| 498 | Symmachus | -- |
| 514 | Hormisdas | -- |
| 518 | -- | Justin I. |
| 523 | John I. | -- |
| 526 | Felix III. | -- |
| 527 | -- | Justinian |
| 530 | Boniface II. | -- |
| 532 | John II. | -- |
| 535 | Agapetus I. | -- |
| 536 | Sylverius | -- |
| 540 | Vigilius | -- |
| 555 | Pelagius I. | -- |
| 560 | -- | John III. |
| 565 | -- | Justin II. |
| 574 | Benedict I. | Tiberius II. |
| 578 | Pelagius II. | -- |
| 582 | -- | Maurice |
| 590 | Gregory I. | -- |
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It should be observed that the dates assigned to the earlier bishops are somewhat conjectural; and that the scheme of associate emperors introduced by Diocletian gave a result which is too complex for convenient representation in its details within the limits of a brief table. |
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