Pope Agapetus I

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 490s · died 22 April AD 536
Also known as Agapetus I, Agapetus, Pope Agapetus

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Agapetus I?

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When Pope Agapetus I died, Justinian I was 53, Aryabhata was 59 or 60, Benedict of Nursia was 56, Pope Silverius was 58 or 59 and Chlothar I was 37 or 38.

Born during Pope Agapetus I’s lifetime: Pope Pelagius II, Pope Pelagius I, Pope Benedict I, Belisarius, Pope Sabinian, Khosrow I, Justin II and Tiberius II Constantine.

Not quite contemporaries: Pope Gregory I was born about 2 years after Pope Agapetus I died, Pope Simplicius died about 7 years before Pope Agapetus I was born, Pope Boniface IV was born about 12 years after Pope Agapetus I died and Pope Boniface III was born about 2 years after Pope Agapetus I died.

Where Pope Agapetus I’s contemporaries were born

Pope Agapetus I is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (44 of 56 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Pope Agapetus I: Rome
Anastasius I Dicorus: Durrës
Pope Hormisdas: Frosinone
Theodoric the Great: Carnuntum
Pope Symmachus: Sardinia
Pope John I: Siena
Pope John II: Rome
Aryabhata: Pataliputra
Pope Silverius: Frosinone
Boethius: Rome
Benedict of Nursia: Norcia
Justinian I: Tauresium
Cassiodorus: Scylletium
Theodora: Paphlagonia
Chlothar I: Soissons
Khosrow I: Ardestan
Pope Pelagius I: Rome
Belisarius: Sapareva Banya
Pope Pelagius II: Rome
Justin II: Constantinople
Pope Benedict I: Rome
Pope Sabinian: Blera
Tiberius II Constantine: Thrace
Columba: County Donegal
Childebert I: Reims
Amalasuintha: Ravenna
Abd al-Muttalib: Medina
Totila: Treviso
Genevieve: Nanterre
Brendan the Navigator: Fenit
John Malalas: Antioch
Guntram: Soissons
Kavad I: Ctesiphon
Narses: Constantinople
Anthemius of Tralles: Tralleis
Clotilde: Lyon
Gelimer: Africa
Radegund: Erfurt
Isidore of Miletus: Miletus
Imru' al-Qais: Najd
Gildas: Cheshire
Brigid of Kildare: Faughart
Saint David: Pembrokeshire
Zu Chongzhi: Jiankang

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The 55 best-known contemporaries

55 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Agapetus I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 518.

Justinian I AD 482 – AD 565
Aryabhata AD 476 – AD 550
Boethius c. AD 480 – AD 524
Benedict of Nursia AD 480 – AD 547
Clovis I c. AD 466 – AD 511
Theodoric the Great AD 454 – AD 526
Pope Hormisdas AD 450 – AD 523
Pope John I c. AD 470 – AD 526
Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
Pope John II AD 470 – AD 535
Pope Pelagius I c. AD 505 – AD 561
Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
Pope Symmachus c. AD 460 – AD 514
Pope Silverius AD 477 – AD 537
Belisarius c. AD 505 – AD 565
Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
Chlothar I AD 498 – AD 561
Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
Justin I AD 450 – AD 527
Theodora c. AD 500 – AD 548
Anastasius I Dicorus AD 430 – AD 518
Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
Columba AD 521 – AD 597
Chlodomer c. AD 495 – AD 524
Childebert I c. AD 497 – AD 558
Amalasuintha AD 498 – AD 535
Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
Alaric II c. AD 463 – AD 507
Totila c. AD 510 – AD 552
Charibert I c. AD 520 – c. AD 568
Genevieve AD 423 – AD 502
Zosimus c. AD 460 – c. AD 520
Dionysius Exiguus c. AD 475 – c. AD 549
Theuderic I c. AD 485 – AD 534
Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
Athalaric AD 516 – AD 534
Kavad I AD 473 – AD 531
Narses AD 478 – c. AD 572
Theudebert I c. AD 500 – AD 548
Anthemius of Tralles c. AD 474 – c. AD 534
Sigebert I AD 535 – AD 575
Clotilde AD 474 – AD 545
Gelimer c. AD 480 – AD 553
Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
Isidore of Miletus AD 442 – AD 537
Imru' al-Qais c. AD 501 – c. AD 544
Gildas AD 500 – AD 570
Brigid of Kildare c. AD 452 – c. AD 525
Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572
Zu Chongzhi AD 429 – AD 501