Who Was Alive

Were Dante Alighieri and Pope Urban V alive at the same time?

Yes. Dante Alighieri and Pope Urban V were alive at the same time for 10 or 11 years, from 1310 to 1321.

Pope Urban V was 10 or 11 when Dante Alighieri died.

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

Pope Urban V

Pope Urban V

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1310 · died 19 December 1370, aged 59 or 60

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  6. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  7. Pope Urban V, 1310 – 1370
  8. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  9. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

Dante Alighieri and Pope Urban V 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 Urban V were born

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