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John Scotus Eriugena
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John Scotus Eriugena

Irish philosopher and theologian

Born 800s · died AD 877
Also known as Johannes Scotus Eriugena, Scotus, Eriugena

Who was alive at the same time as John Scotus Eriugena?

  1. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  2. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  4. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  6. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  7. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  8. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  9. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  10. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  11. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  12. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  13. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  14. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  15. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  16. John Scotus Eriugena, 800s – AD 877
  17. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  18. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  19. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  20. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  21. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  22. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  23. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  24. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951

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When John Scotus Eriugena died, Alfred the Great was 27 or 28, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 10 or 11, Pope Marinus I was 46 or 47, Pope Theodore II was 36 or 37 and Rudaki was 17 or 18.

Born during John Scotus Eriugena’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Al-Farabi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope John VIII, Pope Formosus and Pope Sergius III.

Not quite contemporaries: Pope Adrian I died about 5 years before John Scotus Eriugena was born, Malik ibn Anas died about 5 years before John Scotus Eriugena was born, Charles the Simple was born about a year after John Scotus Eriugena died and Olga of Kiev was born about 10 years after John Scotus Eriugena died.

Where John Scotus Eriugena’s contemporaries were born

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The 65 best-known contemporaries

65 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as John Scotus Eriugena. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 844.

  1. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  2. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  7. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  8. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  9. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  10. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  11. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  12. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  13. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  14. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  15. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  16. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  17. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  18. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  19. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  20. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  21. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  22. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  23. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  24. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  25. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  26. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  27. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  28. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  29. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  30. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  31. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  32. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  33. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  34. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  35. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  36. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  37. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  38. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  39. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  40. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  41. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  42. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  43. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  44. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  45. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  46. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  47. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  48. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  49. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  50. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  51. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  52. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  53. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  54. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  55. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  56. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  57. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  58. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  59. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  60. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  61. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  62. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  63. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  64. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  65. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842