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John Chrysostom

Church father, Archbishop of Constantinople and Christian saint (c. 347–407)

13 dated entries naming John Chrysostom, drawn from 13 separate years between 347 CE and 438 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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4th century

  • 347John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople (approximate date)source
  • 349John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinople (approximate date)source
  • 354Libanius becomes a teacher of rhetoric in Antioch; his students include John Chrysostom and Theodore of Mopsuestia.source
  • 379John Chrysostom writes a book on the Christian education of children.source
  • 381John Chrysostom becomes a deacon.source
  • 382The first sermons declaring the virginity of Mary are given by John Chrysostom.source
  • 386John Chrysostom becomes a presbyter; he also writes eight Homilies entitled "Adversus Iudaeos" ("Against the Jews").source
  • 397November 13 – John Chrysostom is appointed Archbishop of Constantinople.source
  • 398John Chrysostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, receives a delegation of clergy who want to close the pagan temples at Gaza (Palestine) where worshippers are openly defying the law. John works through the eunuch Eutropius, who has great power over emperor Arcadius, and within a week an imperial Constitution is issued closing the Roman temples, but the official appointed to execute this order is bribed.source

5th century

  • 403The Synod of the Oak deposes and banishes John Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople, but shortly afterward he is recalled only to be banished again.source
  • 404Eudoxia exiles John Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople, for criticizing her sumptuous lifestyle. He is banished to the Caucasus in Armenia. Pope Innocent I at Rome orders a synod to reinstate the bishop, but his envoys are imprisoned. Atticus becomes the new bishop of Constantinople.source
  • 407John Chrysostom, archbishop of Constantinoplesource
  • 438Relics of John Chrysostom are transported to Constantinople.source

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