Who Was Alive

Were Bonaventure and Dante Alighieri alive at the same time?

Yes. Bonaventure and Dante Alighieri were alive at the same time, from c. 1265 to 1274.

Bonaventure

Bonaventure

Doctor of the Church

Born 1221 · died 15 July 1274, aged 52 or 53

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

  1. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  2. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  3. Bonaventure, 1221 – 1274
  4. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  5. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  6. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  7. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  8. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374

Bonaventure and Dante Alighieri 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 Bonaventure and Dante Alighieri were born

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