Who Was Alive

Were Hildegard of Bingen and Saladin alive at the same time?

Yes. Hildegard of Bingen and Saladin were alive at the same time for 40 or 41 years, from 1138 to 1179.

Saladin was 40 or 41 when Hildegard of Bingen died.

Hildegard of Bingen

German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church

Born c. 1098 · died 17 September 1179

Saladin

Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty

Born 1138 · died 4 March 1193, aged 54 or 55

  1. Omar Khayyám
  2. Al-Ghazali
  3. Hildegard of Bingen
  4. Averroes
  5. Zhu Xi
  6. Saladin
  7. Genghis Khan
  8. Francis of Assisi
Hildegard of Bingen and Saladin in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.