page_title: 340s
section_title: Deaths
hierarchical_section_title: 340s / Deaths
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Carlo Ceresa, San Narno Vescovo, Chiesa di San Giovanni Apostolo, Villa d'Ogna, Bergamo, Italy.
context_page_description: The 340s decade ran from January 1, 340, to December 31, 349.
context_section_description: 340 
  Constantine II, Roman emperor (b. 316)
  Macrina the Elder, saint and mother of Basil the Elder (approximate date)
  Yu Liang, general of the Jin Dynasty (b. 279)
  341 
  Du Lingyang, empress of the Jin Dynasty (b. 321)
  Eusebius of Nicomedia, Patriarch of Constantinople
  Ge Hong (also known as 'Ko Hung'), famous Chinese taoist (approximate date)
  Paul of Thebes, Christian hermit (approximate date)
  342 
  July 26 – Jin Chengdi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 321)
  Paul of Thebes, Christian hermit (approximate date)
  343 
  December 6 – Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) (b. 270)
  Li Shou, emperor of Cheng Han (b. 300)
  344 
  April 14
  Chusdazat, Syrian Orthodox priest, martyr and saint
  Pusai, Syrian Orthodox priest, martyr and saint
  August 20 – Heliodorus of Bet Zabdai, bishop and martyr
  November 17 – Jin Kangdi, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 322)
  Biryu of Baekje, king of Baekje (Three Kingdoms of Korea)
  345 
  February 4 – Abraham of Arbela, Persian bishop and martyr (approximate date)
  April 6
  Abdecalas – Persian Orthodox priest and saint
  Shemon Bar Sabbae – Persian Orthodox priest and saint
  June 16 – Patriarch Gregory of Cappadocia
  August 27 – Narnus, Roman Catholic bishop and saint
  November 20 – Abiatha, Hathes and Mamlacha, Syrian Orthodox priests, virgins, martyrs and saints
  Abdisho, member of the Church of the East
  Aphrahat, Syrian Orthodox priest and saint
  Stephen I of Antioch, Byzantine bishop and saint
  346 
  Maximin, Bishop of Trier
  Zhang Jun, prince of the Jin Dynasty (b. 307)
  347 
  Ursicinus of Brescia, Bishop of Brescia
  348 
  May 9 – Pachomius the Great, founder of Christian cenobitic monasticism (b. 292)
  December 12 – Saint Spyridon, Greek-Cypriot Orthodox bishop and saint (b. 270)
  Murong Huang, Chinese ruler of the Former Yan (b. 297)
  349 
  Empress Liu, wife of emperor Shi Hu (b. 318)
  Shi Hu, emperor of the Jie state Later Zhao (b. 295)
  Shi Shi, emperor and brother of Shi Zun (b. 339)
  Shi Zun, emperor of the Jie state Later Zhao
  Wei Shuo, calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty (b. 272)
  Empress Zhang, wife of emperor Shi Zun
  Empress Zheng Yingtao, mother of emperor Shi Zun
caption: Saint Narnus
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