The Year 345 ( CCCXLV) was a

common year starting on Tuesday A common year starting on Tuesday is any non-leap year (i.e. a year with 365 days) that begins on Tuesday, 1 January, and ends on Tuesday, 31 December. Its dominical letter hence is F. The most recent year of such kind was 2019 and the next one wi ...

(link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Amantius and Albinus (or, less frequently, year 1098 ''

Ab urbe condita ''Ab urbe condita'' ( 'from the founding of the City'), or ''anno urbis conditae'' (; 'in the year since the city's founding'), abbreviated as AUC or AVC, expresses a date in years since 753 BC, the traditional founding of Rome. It is an exp ...

''). The denomination 345 for this year has been used ever since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

Events

By place

India

* Merchant

Knai Thomman Thomas of Cana (Malayalam: Knāi Thoma or Tomman Kinān, Syriac language, Syriac: Knā'nāya Thoma) was a Syriac Christian, Syrian merchant magnate who arrived to the Chera dynasty, Chera Dynasties capital city of Kodungallur between 345 A.D. ...

and 400 followers visit the Malabar Coast in Kerala ( India), and assist the church there. * The Kadamba Dynasty is founded by

Mayurasharma Mayurasharma or Mayuravarma (reigned 345–365 C.E.), a native of Talagunda (in modern Shimoga district), was the founder of the Kadamba Kingdom of Banavasi, the earliest native kingdom to rule over what is today the modern state of Karnataka, ...

Italy

* Constans orders the Basilica di Santa Tecla to be constructed in

Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it is located in the northern-central part of the country and has a population of about 10 ...

Births

* Evagrius Ponticus, Christian monk and

ascetic Asceticism (; from the el, ἄσκησις, áskesis, exercise', 'training) is a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from sensual pleasures, often for the purpose of pursuing spiritual goals. Ascetics may withdraw from the world for their p ...

(d.

399 __NOTOC__ Year 399 ( CCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Eutropius and Theodorus (or, less frequently, year 11 ...

) * Afranius Syagrius, Roman politician and administrator * Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, Roman consul and intellectual (d.

402 __NOTOC__ Year 402 (Roman numerals, CDII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Arcadius and Honorius (or, less frequent ...

) * Tyrannius of Aquileia, historian and theologian (approximate date)

Deaths

February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...

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Abraham of Arbela Abraham of Arbela (died 345) (also known as Abramius) was a bishop of Arbela (also Persian) in Assyria. During the imprisonment of Bishop Ioannis of Arbela, he was appointed as his deputy by the local religious community. The church historian S ...

, Persian bishop and martyr (approximate date) * April 6 **

Abdecalas Saint Abdecalas (or Abdelas) was a Persian priest of advanced age who, together with another priest, Ananias (Persian), Saint Ananias, and about a hundred other Christians, was killed under the Persian ruler Shapur II on Good Friday, 345. One of t ...

– Persian Orthodox priest and saint **

Shemon Bar Sabbae Mar Shimun Bar Sabbae ( syc, ܡܪܝ ܫܡܥܘܢ ܒܪܨܒܥܐ, died Good Friday, 345) was Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, from Persia, the ''de facto'' head of the Church of the East, until his death. He was bishop during the persecutions of King S ...

– Persian Orthodox priest and saint * June 16 – Patriarch Gregory of Cappadocia * August 27 –

Narnus Saint Narnus ( it, San Narno) is venerated as the first bishop of Bergamo. Christian tradition holds that he was consecrated during the Apostolic Age in his office by St. Barnabas, although Narnus probably lived later than that. The oldest sourc ...

, Roman Catholic bishop and saint *

November 20 Events Pre-1600 * 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor. * 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels. *1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henry ...

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Abiatha, Hathes and Mamlacha Abiatha, Hathes, and Mamlacha were virgins and martyrs of the Beth-Garma province of Syria. The word "Belth" in Chaldaic means "hill", this city was built on a hill in Assyria. They were martyred under Shapur II, about 345 AD. Their feast day is ...

, Syrian Orthodox priests, virgins, martyrs and saints

Date unknown

* Abdisho, member of the

Church of the East The Church of the East ( syc, ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ, ''ʿĒḏtā d-Maḏenḥā'') or the East Syriac Church, also called the Church of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, the Persian Church, the Assyrian Church, the Babylonian Church or the Nestorian C ...

* Aphrahat, Syrian Orthodox priest and saint *

Stephen I of Antioch Stephen I of Antioch ( la, Stephanus) was the Bishop of Antioch between 341 and 345 or 342 and 344, depending on the source. He was leader of the Arianism, Arian party, called Eusebians, during the Arian controversy and an adversary of Athanasius. ...

, Byzantine bishop and saint

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