Who Was Alive

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

Yes. Marco Polo and Pope Urban V were alive at the same time for 13 or 14 years, from 1310 to 1324.

Marco Polo was 55 or 56 when Pope Urban V was born.

Pope Urban V was 13 or 14 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 Urban V

Pope Urban V

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1310 · died 19 December 1370, aged 59 or 60

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  6. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  7. Pope Urban V, 1310 – 1370
  8. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  9. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

Marco Polo and Pope Urban 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 Urban V were born

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