ReligionThe 1st century

Religion in the 1st century

Every event in the Terralore archive tagged religion — faiths, institutions and religious change, narrowed to the 1st century — 3 of them, drawn from 3 nations, running from 45 to 64. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.

Events
3
Nations
3
Earliest
45
Latest
64
Europe
2
Asia
1

Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.

  1. Asia

    Cyprus

    Paul and Barnabas convert the proconsul

    On their journey across Cyprus the apostles Paul and Barnabas reached the Roman proconsul Sergius Paulus at Paphos, an early instance of a senior Roman official embracing Christianity.

    Era: Roman and Byzantine Cyprus: An Early Christian Island

    Sources: Cyprus: History · Encyclopaedia Britannica

  2. Europe

    Malta

    The shipwreck of the Apostle Paul

    Christian tradition, drawing on the Acts of the Apostles, holds that Paul was shipwrecked on Malta around 60 CE, welcomed by the islanders and the leading man Publius, and stayed three months, beginning the islands' conversion.

    Era: Phoenicians, Carthage, Rome and the Coming of Christianity

    Sources: Feast of St. Paul's Shipwreck (Malta) · EBSCO Research Starters

  3. Europe

    Vatican City

    Martyrdom of Saint Peter

    According to tradition the apostle Peter was martyred in Rome during the persecution under Nero and buried on the Vatican Hill beside the circus, around 64 CE.

    Era: The Tomb of Peter and the First Basilica

    Sources: The Tomb of Saint Peter · Fabbrica di San Pietro / basilicasanpietro.va, Papacy · Encyclopaedia Britannica