Who Was Alive

Were Bernard of Clairvaux and Averroes alive at the same time?

Yes. Bernard of Clairvaux and Averroes were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1126 to 1153.

Averroes was 27 when Bernard of Clairvaux died.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Burgundian saint, abbot and theologian

Born c. 1091 · died 20 August 1153

Averroes

Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher

Born 14 April 1126 · died 10 December 1198, aged 72

  1. Omar Khayyám
  2. Al-Ghazali
  3. Bernard of Clairvaux
  4. Averroes
  5. Zhu Xi
  6. Saladin
  7. Genghis Khan
  8. Francis of Assisi
Bernard of Clairvaux and Averroes in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.