Chronological list of Old Testament Saints
A list of people in the Old Testament revered within the Catholic Church as Saints
Name | Birth | Birthplace | Death | Place of death | Notes |
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Adam | unknown | Eden | unknown | unknown | |
Abel | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | killed by Cain |
Enoch | unknown | unknown | did not die | did not die | Ancestor of Noah |
Noah | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | survivor of the flood |
Abraham | around 2000 BC | Ur | around 2000 BC | Canaan | Patriarch |
Melchizedek | around 2000 BC | Canaan | around 2000 BC | Canaan | Priest of God |
Isaac | around 2000 BC | Canaan | around 2000 BC | Canaan | Patriarch |
Jacob | around 2000 BC | Canaan | around 2000 BC | Egypt | Patriarch |
Rachel | around 2000 BC | Paddan Aram | around 2000 BC | Canaan | Wife of Jacob |
Joseph | around 2000 BC | Canaan | around 2000 BC | Egypt | son of Jacob |
Moses | perhaps around 16th-15th century BC | Egypt | perhaps around 16th-15th century BC | Mount Nebo,Jordan | Lawgiver and Prophet |
Aaron | perhaps around 16th-15th century BC | Egypt | perhaps around 16th-15th century BC | wilderness of Sinai | High Priest |
Joshua | perhaps around 16th-15th century BC | Egypt | perhaps around 16th-15th century BC | Canaan | Leader of Israel |
Samuel | perhaps around 11th century BC | Ramah in Benjamin | perhaps around 11th century BC | Ramah in Benjamin | Prophet |
David | perhaps around 11th century BC | Bethlehem | perhaps around 11th century BC | Jerusalem | King |
Nathan the prophet | perhaps around 11th century BC | Israel | perhaps around 11th century BC | unknown | Prophet |
Elijah | perhaps around 9th century BC | Israel | did not die | did not die | Prophet |
Elisha | perhaps around 9th century BC | Abel-meholah | perhaps around 9th century BC | Abel-meholah | Prophet |
Amos | around 8th century BC | Tekoa | around 8th century BC | unknown | Prophet |
Jonah | around 8th century BC | Gath-hepher | around 8th century BC | unknown (disputed) | Prophet |
Hosea | around 8th century BC | unknown | around 8th century BC | unknown | Prophet |
Isaiah | perhaps around 8th century BC | Israel | perhaps around 8th century BC | Israel | Prophet |
Nahum | around 8th century BC | unknown | around 8th century BC | unknown | Prophet |
Micah | 8th century BC | unknown | 7th century BC | unknown | Prophet |
Habbakuk | perhaps 7th century BC | unknown | perhaps 7th century BC | unknown | Prophet |
Zephaniah | perhaps 7th century BC | unknown | perhaps 7th century BC | unknown | Prophet |
Jeremiah | 7th century BC | Anathoth | 6th century BC | unknown | Prophet |
Baruch ben Neriah | 7th-6th century BC | Judah | 6th century BC | possibly Egypt | Jeremiah's scribe |
Ezekiel | ca. 622 BC | Jerusalem | ca. 570 BC | Babylon | Prophet |
Haggai | perhaps 6th century BC | unknown | perhaps 6th century BC | unknown | Prophet |
Malachi | perhaps 6th century BC | unknown | perhaps 6th century BC | unknown | Prophet |
Zechariah | perhaps 6th century BC | unknown | perhaps 6th century BC | unknown | Prophet |
Daniel | around 6th century BC | Israel | 6th century BC | Babylon | Prophet |
Joel | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Prophet |
Obadiah | perhaps around 5th century | unknown | perhaps around 5th century | unknown | Prophet |
Eleazar | around 2nd century BC | unknown | 2nd century BC | Israel | Martyr |
Holy Maccabean martyrs | 2nd century BC | unknown | around 170-160 BC | Israel | Martyrs |
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