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Bonaventure
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Bonaventure

Doctor of the Church

Born 1221 · died 15 July 1274, aged 52 or 53
Also known as Giovanni di Fidanza, Giovanni Fidanza, Bonaventura

Who was alive at the same time as Bonaventure?

  1. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  2. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  3. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  4. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  5. Ögedei Khan, 1186 – 1241
  6. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  7. Anthony of Padua, 1195 – 1231
  8. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  9. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  10. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  11. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  12. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  13. Pope Celestine V, 1215 – 1296
  14. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  15. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  16. Bonaventure, 1221 – 1274
  17. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  18. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  19. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  20. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  21. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  22. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  23. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  24. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305

Drag across the timeline, or use the arrow keys, to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Dashed lines mark world events. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Bonaventure was born, Genghis Khan was 58 or 59, Rumi was 13 or 14, Kublai Khan was 5 or 6, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 26 or 27 and Ibn Arabi was 55 or 56.

When Bonaventure died, Marco Polo was 19, Kublai Khan was 58, Osman I was 15, William Wallace was 3 or 4 and Nasreddin was 65 or 66.

Born during Bonaventure’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Thomas Aquinas, Osman I, William Wallace, Edward I, Pope Boniface VIII and Philip IV of France.

Not quite contemporaries: William of Ockham was born about 13 years after Bonaventure died, Shota Rustaveli died about 5 years before Bonaventure was born, Pope Innocent III died about 5 years before Bonaventure was born and John, King of England died about 5 years before Bonaventure was born.

What happened in Bonaventure’s lifetime

Where Bonaventure’s contemporaries were born

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The 64 best-known contemporaries

64 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Bonaventure. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1248.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  4. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  5. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  6. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  7. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  8. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  9. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  10. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  11. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  12. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  13. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  14. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  15. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  16. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  17. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  18. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  19. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  20. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  21. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  22. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  23. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  24. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  25. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  26. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  27. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  28. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  29. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  30. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  31. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  32. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  33. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  34. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  35. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  36. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  37. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  38. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  39. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  40. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  41. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  42. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  43. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  44. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  45. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  46. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  47. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  48. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  49. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  50. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  51. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  52. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  53. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  54. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  55. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  56. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  57. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  58. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  59. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  60. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  61. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  62. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  63. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  64. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240