Who Was Alive

Were Petrarch and Catherine of Siena alive at the same time?

Yes. Petrarch and Catherine of Siena were alive at the same time for 27 years, from 1347 to 1374.

Petrarch was 42 when Catherine of Siena was born.

Catherine of Siena was 27 when Petrarch died, aged 69.

Petrarch

Petrarch

Italian poet

Born 20 July 1304 · died 19 July 1374, aged 69

Catherine of Siena

Catherine of Siena

Italian religious sister

Born 25 March 1347 · died 29 April 1380, aged 33

  1. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  2. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  3. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  4. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  5. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  7. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  8. Catherine of Siena, 1347 – 1380

Petrarch and Catherine of Siena 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 Petrarch and Catherine of Siena were born

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