50s

• 250
  • Birth of Lactantius (approximate date)
  • Birth of Maximian (approximate date)
  • Death of St. Mercury (approximate date)
• 251
  • Birth of St. Antony the Great (approximate date)
• 253
  • Death of Origen (approximate date)
  • Death of Pope Cornelius
• 256
  • Birth of Arius (approximate date)
• 258
  • Death of St. Cyprian of Carthage