Who Was Alive

Were Petrarch and Pope Boniface IX alive at the same time?

Yes. Petrarch and Pope Boniface IX were alive at the same time for 17 or 18 years, from 1356 to 1374.

Petrarch was 51 or 52 when Pope Boniface IX was born.

Pope Boniface IX was 17 or 18 when Petrarch died, aged 69.

Petrarch

Petrarch

Italian poet

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

Pope Boniface IX

Pope Boniface IX

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1356 · died 1 October 1404, aged 47 or 48

  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. Pope Boniface IX, 1356 – 1404

Petrarch and Pope Boniface IX 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 Pope Boniface IX were born

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