Who Was Alive

Were Marco Polo and Pope Benedict XII alive at the same time?

Yes. Marco Polo and Pope Benedict XII were alive at the same time for 43 or 44 years, from 1280 to 1324.

Marco Polo was 25 or 26 when Pope Benedict XII was born.

Pope Benedict XII was 43 or 44 when Marco Polo died, aged 69.

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant

Born 15 September 1254 · died 8 January 1324, aged 69

Pope Benedict XII

Pope Benedict XII

French Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1280 · died 25 April 1342, aged 61 or 62

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Pope Benedict XII, 1280 – 1342
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  8. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406

Marco Polo and Pope Benedict XII 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 Marco Polo and Pope Benedict XII were born

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