Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Marco Polo and Pope Clement VI were alive at the same time for 32 or 33 years, from 1291 to 1324.

Marco Polo was 36 or 37 when Pope Clement VI was born.

Pope Clement VI was 32 or 33 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 Clement VI

Pope Clement VI

French Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1291 · died 6 December 1352, aged 60 or 61

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Pope Clement VI, 1291 – 1352
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  8. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  9. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

Marco Polo and Pope Clement VI 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 VI were born

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