# Chronological list of saints in the 1st century

This is a list of people, who died just prior to the Massacre of the Innocents (the slaughter by Herod of Judea of male babies under two years old in an effort to eliminate the newborn King of the Jews) or during the 1st century, who have received recognition from the Catholic Church as saints (through canonization).

## Table

| Name | Birth | Birthplace | Death | Place of Death | Notes |
| Joachim | 1st century BC | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Father of Virgin Mary |
| Anne | 1st century BC | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Mother of Virgin Mary |
| The Holy Innocents | perhaps from 8 BC to 4 BC | Bethlehem | perhaps from 6 BC to 4 BC | Bethlehem | Killed by Herod |
| Simeon | 1st century BC | | Unknown | Jerusalem | Witness of Jesus' Presentation |
| Anna the Prophetess | perhaps around 84BC | | Unknown | Jerusalem | Witness of Jesus' Presentation |
| Joseph | | Bethlehem | Unknown | Nazareth | Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Virgin Mary | | | Unknown | Unknown, possibly Ephesus | Mother of Jesus Christ |
| Longinus | | | Unknown | Unknown | Roman soldier who plunged his spear in Jesus' side |
| John the Baptist | | | 31–36 | Machaerus | |
| Penitent Thief | | | 33 | Golgotha, Jerusalem | |
| Stephen | | | 36 | Jerusalem | The first Christian Martyr |
| Nicodemus | | | Unknown | Unknown | elder of Israel, believed in Jesus |
| Pancras of Taormina | | | 40 | Sicily | |
| James the Greater | | Bethsaida, Galilee | 44 | Judea | Apostle |
| Barnabas | | Cyprus | 60 | Salamis, Cyprus | Apostle |
| Pudens | | | 60 | Rome | |
| Andrew | | Bethsaida, Galilee | 61 | Patras, Greece | Apostle |
| James the Just | | Nazareth, Galilee | 62 | Jerusalem, Judea | Apostle, first Bishop of Jerusalem |
| Clateus | | | 64 | | Bishop of Brescia |
| Evodius | | | 64 | Antioch, Syria | Bishop of Antioch |
| First Martyrs of the Church of Rome | | | 64 | Rome | |
| Basilissa and Anastasia | | Rome | 65 | Rome | |
| Jude the Apostle | | | 65 | Lebanon | Apostle |
| Simon the Zealot | | | 65 | Roman Britain | Apostle |
| Torpes of Pisa | | Pisa | 65 | Pisa | |
| Evellius | | | 66 | Pisa | |
| Paulinus of Antioch | | Antioch, Syria | 67 | | legendary Bishop of Lucca |
| Matthew the Evangelist | | | 67 | Ethiopia | Apostle |
| Peter | | Bethsaida, Galilee | 67 | Rome | Apostle, first Pope and Bishop of Rome |
| Paul the Apostle | | Tarsus | 67 | Rome | Apostle |
| Plautilla | | Rome | 67 | | |
| Processus and Martinian | | | 67 | | |
| Ursicinus | | Ravenna | 67 | | |
| Mark the Evangelist | | Libya | 68 | Alexandria, Egypt | Evangelist |
| Philemon and Apphia | | | 70 | Colossae, Phrygia | |
| Bartholomew | | Judea | 72 | Albanopolis, Armenia | Apostle |
| Thomas the Apostle | | | 74 | Mylapur, India | Apostle |
| Pope Linus | | Tuscany | 76 | Rome | Pope |
| Nicanor the Deacon | | | 76 | | |
| Mary Magdalene | | Magdala | 77 | Ephesus, Asia Minor | |
| Marcella | | Bethany | Unknown | Sainte-Baume, Viennensis | |
| Candida the Elder | | Naples | 78 | Naples | |
| Aspren | | Naples | 79 | Naples | Bishop of Naples |
| Martha | | Palestine | 80 | Tarascon, Gaul | |
| Matthias | | Judea | 80 | Jerusalem | Apostle |
| Philip | | Bethsaida, Galilee | 80 | Hierapolis | Apostle |
| Onesiphorus | | | 81 | | |
| Anianus of Alexandria | | | 82 | Alexandria, Egypt | Bishop of Alexandria |
| Luke the Evangelist | | Antioch, Syria | 84 | Boeotia, Greece | Evangelist |
| Birillus | | Antioch, Syria | 90 | | Bishop of Catania |
| Felicula | | | 90 | | |
| Petronilla | | | 90 | | |
| Nicomedes | | Rome | 90 | | |
| Pope Anacletus | | | 91 | Rome | Pope |
| Antipas of Pergamum | | | 92 | Pergamon, Asia Minor | |
| Pope Avilius of Alexandria | | | 95 | | Bishop of Alexandria |
| Onesimus | | | 95 | Rome | |
| Flavius Clement | | | 96 | | |
| Titus | | | 96 | Gortyn, Crete | Bishop of Crete |
| Timothy | | | 97 | Ephesus, Asia Minor | Bishop of Ephesus |
| Parmenas | | | 98 | Philippi, Macedonia | |
| Prisca | | | 98 | | |
| Pope Clement I | | Rome | 100 | Chersonesus, Taurica, Bosporan Kingdom | Pope |
| John the Apostle | | Bethsaida, Galilee | 100 | Ephesus, Asia Minor | Apostle |
| Nereus, Achilleus and Domitilla | | | 100 | | |
| Prosdocimus | | Antioch, Asia Minor | 100 | | |