Who Was Alive

Were Abu Bakr and Pope Agatho alive at the same time?

Yes. Abu Bakr and Pope Agatho were alive at the same time, from c. AD 573 to AD 634.

Pope Agatho was about a year old when Abu Bakr was born.

Pope Agatho was 59 or 60 when Abu Bakr died.

Abu Bakr

Abu Bakr

Poet

Born c. AD 573 · died 23 August AD 634

Pope Agatho

Pope Agatho

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born AD 574 · died 10 January AD 681, aged 106 or 107

  1. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604
  2. Muhammad, AD 571 – AD 632
  3. Abu Bakr, c. AD 573 – AD 634
  4. Pope Agatho, AD 574 – AD 681
  5. Umar, c. AD 586 – AD 644
  6. Brahmagupta, c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  7. Ali, AD 599 – AD 661

Abu Bakr and Pope Agatho in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Abu Bakr and Pope Agatho were born

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