Who Was Alive

Were Dante Alighieri and Pope Benedict XII alive at the same time?

Yes. Dante Alighieri and Pope Benedict XII were alive at the same time for 40 or 41 years, from 1280 to 1321.

Pope Benedict XII was 40 or 41 when Dante Alighieri died.

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

Pope Benedict XII

Pope Benedict XII

French Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1280 · died 25 April 1342, aged 61 or 62

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Pope Benedict XII, 1280 – 1342
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  8. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406

Dante Alighieri and Pope Benedict XII 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 Pope Benedict XII were born

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