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Catherine of Siena
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Catherine of Siena

Italian religious sister

Born 25 March 1347 · died 29 April 1380, aged 33
Also known as Catherine de Sienne, Caterina van Siena, Santa Caterina di Siena

Who was alive at the same time as Catherine of Siena?

  1. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  2. Pope Innocent VI, c. 1284 – 1362
  3. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  4. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  6. Pope Urban V, 1310 – 1370
  7. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  8. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  9. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316 – 1378
  10. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  11. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  12. Murad I, 1326 – 1389
  13. Pope Gregory XI, c. 1331 – 1378
  14. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  15. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  16. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  17. Catherine of Siena, 1347 – 1380
  18. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  19. Christine de Pizan, 1364 – 1430
  20. Pope Martin V, c. 1369 – 1431
  21. Charles VI of France, 1368 – 1422
  22. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  23. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  24. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458

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When Catherine of Siena was born, Ibn Battuta was 43, Ibn Khaldun was 14 or 15, Petrarch was 42, Timur was 10 and Giovanni Boccaccio was 33 or 34.

When Catherine of Siena died, Ibn Khaldun was 47 or 48, Timur was 44, Zheng He was 8 or 9, Pope Callixtus III was 1 and Christine de Pizan was 15.

Born during Catherine of Siena’s lifetime: Zheng He, Jan Hus, Pope Callixtus III, Bayezid I, Pope Martin V, Christine de Pizan, Charles VI of France and Władysław II Jagiełło.

Not quite contemporaries: Johannes Gutenberg was born about 13 years after Catherine of Siena died, Donatello was born about 4 years after Catherine of Siena died, Giotto died about 10 years before Catherine of Siena was born and Henry V of England was born about 6 years after Catherine of Siena died.

Where Catherine of Siena’s contemporaries were born

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The 45 best-known contemporaries

45 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Catherine of Siena. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1364.

  1. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  2. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  3. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  4. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  5. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Timur 1336 – 1405
  7. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  8. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  9. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  10. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  11. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  12. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  13. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  14. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  15. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  16. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  17. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  18. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  19. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  20. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  21. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  22. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  23. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  24. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  25. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  26. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  27. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  28. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  29. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  30. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  31. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  32. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  33. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  34. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  35. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  36. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  37. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  38. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  39. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  40. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  41. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  42. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  43. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  44. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  45. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370