Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Bernard of Clairvaux and Saladin were alive at the same time for 14 or 15 years, from 1138 to 1153.

Saladin was 14 or 15 when Bernard of Clairvaux died.

Bernard of Clairvaux

Burgundian saint, abbot and theologian

Born c. 1091 · died 20 August 1153

Saladin

Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty

Born 1138 · died 4 March 1193, aged 54 or 55

  1. Omar Khayyám
  2. Al-Ghazali
  3. Bernard of Clairvaux
  4. Hildegard of Bingen
  5. Averroes
  6. Zhu Xi
  7. Saladin
  8. Genghis Khan
  9. Francis of Assisi
Bernard of Clairvaux and Saladin 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.