Who Was Alive

Were Ibn Khaldun and Catherine of Siena alive at the same time?

Yes. Ibn Khaldun and Catherine of Siena were alive at the same time for 33 years, from 1347 to 1380.

Ibn Khaldun was 14 or 15 when Catherine of Siena was born.

Ibn Khaldun was 47 or 48 when Catherine of Siena died, aged 33.

Ibn Khaldun

Ibn Khaldun

Historian

Born 1331–1332 · died 1405–1406, aged 73 or 74

Catherine of Siena

Catherine of Siena

Italian religious sister

Born 25 March 1347 · died 29 April 1380, aged 33

  1. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  2. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  3. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  4. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  5. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  6. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  7. Catherine of Siena, 1347 – 1380

Ibn Khaldun and Catherine of Siena 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 Ibn Khaldun and Catherine of Siena were born

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