Who Was Alive

Were Meister Eckhart and Dante Alighieri alive at the same time?

Yes. Meister Eckhart and Dante Alighieri were alive at the same time, from c. 1265 to 1321.

Meister Eckhart

Meister Eckhart

German philosopher and theologian

Born c. 1260 · died c. 1328

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Meister Eckhart, c. 1260 – c. 1328
  5. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374

Meister Eckhart and Dante Alighieri 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 Meister Eckhart and Dante Alighieri were born

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