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Pope Benedict III
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Pope Benedict III

Politician who served as Pope

Born c. AD 810 · died 7–17 April AD 858
Also known as Benedict III

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Benedict III?

  1. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  2. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  4. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  6. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  7. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  8. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  9. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  10. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  11. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  12. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  13. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  14. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  15. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  16. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  17. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  18. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  19. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  20. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  21. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  22. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  23. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  24. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899

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When Pope Benedict III died, Alfred the Great was 8 or 9, Charles the Bald was 34, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 47, Pope Adrian II was 65 or 66 and Pope Marinus I was 27 or 28.

Born during Pope Benedict III’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Charles the Bald, Pope John VIII, Pope Formosus, Pope Marinus I, Pope Nicholas I, Pope John IX and Pope Theodore II.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Farabi was born about 10 years after Pope Benedict III died, Abu Bakr al-Razi was born about 8 years after Pope Benedict III died, Pope Adrian I died about 13 years before Pope Benedict III was born and Malik ibn Anas died about 13 years before Pope Benedict III was born.

Where Pope Benedict III’s contemporaries were born

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The 53 best-known contemporaries

53 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Benedict III. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 836.

  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. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  7. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  8. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  9. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  10. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  11. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  12. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  13. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  14. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  15. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  16. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  17. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  18. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  19. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  20. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  21. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  22. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  23. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  24. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  25. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  26. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  27. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  28. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  29. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  30. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  31. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  32. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  33. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  34. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  35. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  36. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  37. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  38. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  39. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  40. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  41. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  42. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  43. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  44. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  45. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  46. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  47. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  48. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  49. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  50. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  51. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  52. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  53. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842