Who Was Alive

Were Dante Alighieri and Pope Clement VI alive at the same time?

Yes. Dante Alighieri and Pope Clement VI were alive at the same time for 29 or 30 years, from 1291 to 1321.

Pope Clement VI was 29 or 30 when Dante Alighieri died.

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

Pope Clement VI

Pope Clement VI

French Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1291 · died 6 December 1352, aged 60 or 61

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Pope Clement VI, 1291 – 1352
  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 Pope Clement VI 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 Clement VI were born

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