Who Was Alive

Were Peter Abelard and Saladin alive at the same time?

Yes. Peter Abelard and Saladin were alive at the same time for 3 or 4 years, from 1138 to 1142.

Saladin was 3 or 4 when Peter Abelard died, aged 62 or 63.

Peter Abelard

French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician

Born 1079 · died 21 April 1142, aged 62 or 63

Saladin

Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty

Born 1138 · died 4 March 1193, aged 54 or 55

  1. Omar Khayyám
  2. Al-Ghazali
  3. Peter Abelard
  4. Hildegard of Bingen
  5. Averroes
  6. Zhu Xi
  7. Saladin
  8. Genghis Khan
  9. Francis of Assisi
Peter Abelard and Saladin in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.