Who Was Alive

Were Dante Alighieri and Bridget of Sweden alive at the same time?

Yes. Dante Alighieri and Bridget of Sweden were alive at the same time for 17 or 18 years, from 1303 to 1321.

Bridget of Sweden was 17 or 18 when Dante Alighieri died.

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

Bridget of Sweden

Bridget of Sweden

Swedish mystic

Born 1303 · died 23 July 1373, aged 69 or 70

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Bridget of Sweden, 1303 – 1373
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  8. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  9. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

Dante Alighieri and Bridget of Sweden 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 Dante Alighieri and Bridget of Sweden were born

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