Ancient Era
- 21 November 52 Arrival of St. Thomas the Apostle in Muziris (near Kodungalloor) in Thrissur district of Kerala. Established churches at Kodungalloor, Palayoor, Paravur (Kottakkavu), Kokkamangalam, Chayal (Nilackel), Niranam and Kollam.
- 3 July 72 Martyrdom of St. Thomas the Apostle at Chinnamala, Mylapore, Chennai (Tamil Nadu).
- 105 Church at Kuravilangad
- 189–190 Arrival of Stoic Philosopher Pantaenus from Alexandria reported by Eusebius of Caesarea and Jerome. According to Eusebius of Caesarea, Pantaenus was for a time a missionary preacher, traveling as far as India, where it was reported that he found Christians who were using the Gospel of Matthew in Hebrew.
- 250–325 Bishops Mar David & Mar Yohannan ("Metropolitan of India")
- 325 Mar Yohannan, the Persian presiding over the churches in all Persia and Great India attended First Council of Nicaea and signed in the decrees of the Council.
- 327 Apparition of the Virgin Mary at Kuravilangad
- 340–360 By the Thazhekad Sasanam the Nazranies granted special rights and privileges
- 345 Arrival of Thomas of Kynai at Kodungalloor with bishop Uraha Mar Yausef, four priests, several deacons and 72 families from the Middle East.
- 354 Theophilus (surnamed the Indian) — an Arian, sent by Emperor Constantius on a mission to Arabia Felix and Abyssinia finds Christians in the Coast of Malabara as recorded by Philostorgius, an Arian Greek Church historian.
- 363 St. Ephrem (306–378) at Edessa, writes about St. Thomas as the Apostle of India.
- 380 St. Gregory Nazianzen (324–390) writes about St. Thomas as the Apostle of India
- 390 St. Ambrose of Milan (333–397) writes about St. Thomas as the Apostle of India
- 400 St. Jerome (342–420) writes about St. Thomas as the Apostle of India
- 522 Cosmas Indicopleustes, a Byzantine monk visits Malabar Coast and writes of a Syrian Christian Community in his book Christian Topography
- 638 St. Isidore of Seville writes about St. Thomas as the Apostle of India
- 829 Church of the East Patriarch, Timeotheus I sends Bishops Mar Sapore (Kollam) and Mar Proth (Kodungalloor)
- 849 Ayyanadikal Kurakoni(Iyenadikal Thiruvadikal), King of Venad, grants special previlages to Christians of Kollam
- 892 Tharisapalli plates
- 1291 John of Montecorvino, a member of Societas Peregrinantium Pro Christo arrives in Kollam
- 1292 Venetian traveller Marco Polo arrives in India and later testifies about Christian presence.
- 1301 Mar Jacob(Mar Yaqob of India,AD 1301) was one of the legendary metropolitan of the Church of Malabar of St Thomas Christians.
- 1323 French Dominican friar Jordanus Catalani de Severac arrives in Kollam (Quilon)
- 1324 Jordanus Catalani de Severac writes Mirabilia Descripta, a rare work on plants, animals and the people of India and of other countries in Asia
- 9 August 1329 Pope John XXII (in captivity in Avignon) erected Quilon as the first Diocese in the whole of Indies as suffragan to the Archdiocese of Sultany in Persia through the decree Romanus Pontifix.
- 21 August 1329 Pope John XXII by the bull Venerabili Fratri Jordano, appointed the French Dominican friar Jordanus Catalani de Severac as the first Bishop of Quilon
- 23 March 1346 John De Marignolli Legate to China arrives in Quilon.
- 1490 Mar John(Mar Yohannan) was one of the legendary metropolitan of the Church of Malabar of st Thomas Christians.
Read more about this topic: Timeline Of The Syro-Malabar Catholic Church
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