Who Was Alive

Were Bonaventure and Marco Polo alive at the same time?

Yes. Bonaventure and Marco Polo were alive at the same time for 19 years, from 1254 to 1274.

Bonaventure was 32 or 33 when Marco Polo was born.

Marco Polo was 19 when Bonaventure died, aged 52 or 53.

Bonaventure

Bonaventure

Doctor of the Church

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

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant

Born 15 September 1254 · died 8 January 1324, aged 69

  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 Marco Polo 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 Marco Polo were born

Bonaventure and Marco Polo are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (8 of 8 placed); tap one to open that person.
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