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Pope Benedict XI
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Pope Benedict XI

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1240 · died 7 July 1304, aged 63 or 64
Also known as Benedict XI, Nicola Boccasini, Blessed Benedict XI

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

  1. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  2. Ögedei Khan, 1186 – 1241
  3. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  4. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  5. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  6. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  7. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  8. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  9. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  10. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  11. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  12. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  13. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  14. Pope Benedict XI, 1240 – 1304
  15. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  16. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  17. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  18. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  19. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  20. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  21. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  22. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  23. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  24. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368

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When Pope Benedict XI was born, Rumi was 32 or 33, Kublai Khan was 24 or 25, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 45 or 46, Nasreddin was 31 or 32 and Edward I was about a year old.

When Pope Benedict XI died, Marco Polo was 49, Ibn Battuta was under a year old, Osman I was 45, William Wallace was 33 or 34 and Edward I was 65.

Born during Pope Benedict XI’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Osman I, Giotto, William of Ockham, William Wallace and Philip IV of France.

Not quite contemporaries: Genghis Khan died about 13 years before Pope Benedict XI was born, Petrarch was born months after Pope Benedict XI died, Giovanni Boccaccio was born about 9 years after Pope Benedict XI died and Francis of Assisi died about 14 years before Pope Benedict XI was born.

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The 66 best-known contemporaries

66 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Benedict XI. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1273.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  4. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  6. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  7. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  8. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  9. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  10. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  11. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  12. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  13. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  14. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  15. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  16. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  17. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  18. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  19. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  20. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  21. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  22. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  23. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  24. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  25. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  26. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  27. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  28. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  29. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  30. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  31. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  32. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  33. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  34. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  35. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  36. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  37. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  38. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  39. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  40. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  41. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  42. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  43. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  44. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  45. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  46. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  47. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  48. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  49. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  50. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  51. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  52. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  53. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  54. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  55. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  56. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  57. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  58. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  59. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  60. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  61. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  62. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  63. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  64. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  65. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  66. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321