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Pope Adrian II
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Pope Adrian II

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born AD 792 · died 14 December AD 872, aged 79 or 80
Also known as Adrian II

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Adrian II?

  1. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  2. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  3. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  4. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  5. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  6. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  8. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  9. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  10. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  11. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  12. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  13. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  14. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  15. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  16. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  17. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  18. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  19. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  20. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  21. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  22. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  23. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  24. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925

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When Pope Adrian II was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 70 or 71, Harun al-Rashid was 25 or 26, Pope Leo III was 41 or 42, Louis the Pious was 13 or 14 and Al-Shafi'i was 24 or 25.

When Pope Adrian II died, Alfred the Great was 22 or 23, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 5 or 6, Charles the Bald was 49, Pope Marinus I was 41 or 42 and Pope Theodore II was 31 or 32.

Born during Pope Adrian II’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Al-Kindi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV, Pope John VIII and Pope Formosus.

Not quite contemporaries: Henry the Fowler was born about 2 years after Pope Adrian II died, Charles the Simple was born about 7 years after Pope Adrian II died, Abd al-Rahman I died about 4 years before Pope Adrian II was born and Roland died about 14 years before Pope Adrian II was born.

Where Pope Adrian II’s contemporaries were born

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The 75 best-known contemporaries

75 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Adrian II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 833.

  1. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  2. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  8. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  9. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  10. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  11. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  12. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  13. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  14. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  15. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  16. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  17. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  18. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  19. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  20. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  21. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  22. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  23. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  24. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  25. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  26. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  27. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  28. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  29. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  30. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  31. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  32. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  33. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  34. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  35. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  36. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  37. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  38. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  39. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  40. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  41. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  42. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  43. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  44. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  45. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  46. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  47. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  48. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  49. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  50. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  51. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  52. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  53. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  54. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  55. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  56. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  57. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  58. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  59. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  60. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  61. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  62. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  63. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  64. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  65. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  66. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  67. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  68. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  69. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  70. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  71. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  72. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  73. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  74. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  75. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842