Who Was Alive

Were Marco Polo and Pope Clement V alive at the same time?

Yes. Marco Polo and Pope Clement V were alive at the same time for 49 or 50 years, from 1264 to 1314.

Marco Polo was 9 or 10 when Pope Clement V was born.

Marco Polo was 59 when Pope Clement V died, aged 49 or 50.

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant

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

Pope Clement V

Pope Clement V

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1264 · died 20 April 1314, aged 49 or 50

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Pope Clement V, 1264 – 1314
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374

Marco Polo and Pope Clement V 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 Clement V were born

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