Who Was Alive
Gildas
Romary, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Gildas

Monk and writer

Born AD 500 · died 29 January AD 570, aged 69 or 70
Also known as Gildas the Wise

Who was alive at the same time as Gildas?

  1. Pope Hormisdas, AD 450 – AD 523
  2. Theodoric the Great, AD 454 – AD 526
  3. Pope Symmachus, c. AD 460 – AD 514
  4. Clovis I, c. AD 466 – AD 511
  5. Pope John I, c. AD 470 – AD 526
  6. Pope John II, AD 470 – AD 535
  7. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  8. Pope Silverius, AD 477 – AD 537
  9. Boethius, c. AD 480 – AD 524
  10. Benedict of Nursia, AD 480 – AD 547
  11. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565
  12. Pope Agapetus I, 490s – AD 536
  13. Gildas, AD 500 – AD 570
  14. Pope Pelagius I, c. AD 505 – AD 561
  15. Belisarius, c. AD 505 – AD 565
  16. Pope Pelagius II, c. AD 520 – AD 590
  17. Pope Benedict I, c. AD 526 – AD 579
  18. Pope Sabinian, c. AD 530 – AD 606
  19. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604
  20. Pope Boniface III, c. AD 540 – AD 607
  21. Maurice, AD 539 – AD 602
  22. Pope Boniface IV, c. AD 550 – AD 615
  23. Amina bint Wahb, c. 550s – c. AD 578
  24. Isidore of Seville, c. AD 560 – AD 636

Drag across the timeline, or use the arrow keys, to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Dashed lines mark world events. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Gildas was born, Justinian I was 17 or 18, Benedict of Nursia was 19 or 20 and Theodoric the Great was 45 or 46.

When Gildas died, Maurice was 30 or 31, Khosrow I was 68 or 69, Phocas was 22 or 23, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib was 29 or 30 and Gregory of Tours was 31.

Born during Gildas’s lifetime: Pope Gregory I, Isidore of Seville, Pope Pelagius II, Pope Pelagius I, Pope Benedict I, Pope Boniface IV, Belisarius and Pope Sabinian.

Not quite contemporaries: Muhammad was born about a year after Gildas died, Umar was born about 14 years after Gildas died, Abu Bakr was born about a year after Gildas died and Uthman was born about 4 years after Gildas died.

Where Gildas’s contemporaries were born

Gildas is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (61 of 75 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

Compare Gildas

The 74 best-known contemporaries

74 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Gildas. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 536.

  1. Justinian I AD 482 – AD 565
  2. Pope Gregory I c. AD 541 – AD 604
  3. Aryabhata AD 476 – AD 550
  4. Boethius c. AD 480 – AD 524
  5. Benedict of Nursia AD 480 – AD 547
  6. Clovis I c. AD 466 – AD 511
  7. Theodoric the Great AD 454 – AD 526
  8. Isidore of Seville c. AD 560 – AD 636
  9. Pope Hormisdas AD 450 – AD 523
  10. Pope John I c. AD 470 – AD 526
  11. Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
  12. Pope John II AD 470 – AD 535
  13. Pope Pelagius I c. AD 505 – AD 561
  14. Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
  15. Pope Symmachus c. AD 460 – AD 514
  16. Pope Silverius AD 477 – AD 537
  17. Pope Agapetus I 490s – AD 536
  18. Pope Boniface IV c. AD 550 – AD 615
  19. Belisarius c. AD 505 – AD 565
  20. Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
  21. Pope Boniface III c. AD 540 – AD 607
  22. Amina bint Wahb c. 550s – c. AD 578
  23. Maurice AD 539 – AD 602
  24. Chlothar I AD 498 – AD 561
  25. Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
  26. Justin I AD 450 – AD 527
  27. Theodora c. AD 500 – AD 548
  28. Anastasius I Dicorus AD 430 – AD 518
  29. Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 545 – AD 570
  30. Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
  31. Phocas AD 547 – AD 610
  32. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 541 – AD 619
  33. Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
  34. Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
  35. Gregory of Tours AD 538 – AD 594
  36. Columba AD 521 – AD 597
  37. Salman the Persian AD 568 – AD 657
  38. Chlodomer c. AD 495 – AD 524
  39. Childebert I c. AD 497 – AD 558
  40. Amalasuintha AD 498 – AD 535
  41. Emperor Gaozu of Tang AD 566 – AD 635
  42. Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
  43. Alaric II c. AD 463 – AD 507
  44. Totila c. AD 510 – AD 552
  45. Charibert I c. AD 520 – c. AD 568
  46. Genevieve AD 423 – AD 502
  47. Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib AD 568 – AD 625
  48. Zosimus c. AD 460 – c. AD 520
  49. Dionysius Exiguus c. AD 475 – c. AD 549
  50. Theuderic I c. AD 485 – AD 534
  51. Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
  52. John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
  53. Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
  54. Athalaric AD 516 – AD 534
  55. Æthelberht of Kent AD 552 – AD 612
  56. Kavad I AD 473 – AD 531
  57. Narses AD 478 – c. AD 572
  58. Theudebert I c. AD 500 – AD 548
  59. Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
  60. Abu Lahab AD 549 – c. AD 625
  61. Anthemius of Tralles c. AD 474 – c. AD 534
  62. Sigebert I AD 535 – AD 575
  63. Emperor Wen of Sui AD 541 – AD 604
  64. Empress Suiko AD 554 – AD 628
  65. Clotilde AD 474 – AD 545
  66. Gelimer c. AD 480 – AD 553
  67. Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
  68. Isidore of Miletus AD 442 – AD 537
  69. Imru' al-Qais c. AD 501 – c. AD 544
  70. Venantius Fortunatus c. AD 534 – AD 609
  71. Brigid of Kildare c. AD 452 – c. AD 525
  72. Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
  73. Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572
  74. Reccared I c. AD 560 – AD 601