Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Marco Polo and Pope Innocent VI were alive at the same time, from 1282–1285 to 1324.

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant

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

Pope Innocent VI

Pope Innocent VI

French Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1282–1285 · died 12 September 1362

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Pope Innocent VI, c. 1284 – 1362
  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 Innocent 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 Innocent VI were born

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