Who Was Alive
Pope Benedict V
Artaud de Montor (1772–1849), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Pope Benedict V

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. AD 900 · died 4 July AD 965
Also known as Benedict V, Benedetto, Benedictus V

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

  1. Al-Tabari, c. AD 839 – AD 922
  2. Al-Hallaj, c. AD 858 – AD 922
  3. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  4. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  5. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  6. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  7. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  8. Henry the Fowler, c. AD 876 – AD 936
  9. Charles the Simple, AD 879 – AD 929
  10. Æthelstan, c. AD 895 – AD 939
  11. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  12. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  13. Constantine VII, AD 905 – AD 959
  14. Pope John XI, c. AD 910 – AD 936
  15. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  16. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965
  17. Pope John XII, c. AD 937 – AD 964
  18. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  19. Sviatoslav I, c. AD 942 – AD 972
  20. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  21. Erik the Red, c. AD 950 – 1003
  22. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  23. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, AD 955 – AD 983
  24. Basil II, AD 958 – 1025

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When Pope Benedict V died, Ferdowsi was 25, Otto the Great was 52, Hugh Capet was 24 or 25, Basil II was 6 or 7 and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor was 9 or 10.

Born during Pope Benedict V’s lifetime: Ferdowsi, Otto the Great, Pope John XII, Vladimir the Great, Hugh Capet, Pope Leo VIII, Sviatoslav I and Pope John XI.

Not quite contemporaries: Avicenna was born about 13 years after Pope Benedict V died, Al-Biruni was born about 8 years after Pope Benedict V died, Leif Erikson was born about 5 years after Pope Benedict V died and Pope Formosus died about 2 years before Pope Benedict V was born.

Where Pope Benedict V’s contemporaries were born

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The 27 best-known contemporaries

27 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Benedict V. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 934.

  1. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  2. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  3. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  4. Otto the Great AD 912 – AD 973
  5. Pope John XII c. AD 937 – AD 964
  6. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  7. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  8. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  9. Pope Leo VIII c. AD 915 – AD 965
  10. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  11. Sviatoslav I c. AD 942 – AD 972
  12. Æthelstan c. AD 895 – AD 939
  13. Pope John XI c. AD 910 – AD 936
  14. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  15. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  16. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  17. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  18. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  19. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  20. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  21. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  22. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 955 – AD 983
  23. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  24. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  25. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  26. Edmund I c. AD 920 – AD 946
  27. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923