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
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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