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Pope Boniface VIII
Giotto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Pope Boniface VIII

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 23 January 1235 · died 11 October 1303, aged 68
Also known as Boniface VIII, Benedetto Gaetani, Benedictus Caetani

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Boniface VIII?

  1. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  2. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  3. Ögedei Khan, 1186 – 1241
  4. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  5. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  6. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  7. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  8. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  9. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  10. Pope Celestine V, 1215 – 1296
  11. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  12. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  13. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  14. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  15. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  16. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  17. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  18. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  19. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  20. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  21. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  22. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  23. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  24. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349

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When Pope Boniface VIII was born, Thomas Aquinas was 9 or 10, Rumi was 27, Kublai Khan was 19, Louis IX of France was 19 or 20 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 40.

When Pope Boniface VIII died, Marco Polo was 49, Osman I was 45, William Wallace was 32 or 33, Edward I was 64 and Philip IV of France was 35.

Born during Pope Boniface VIII’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Osman I, Giotto, William of Ockham, William Wallace, Edward I and Philip IV of France.

Not quite contemporaries: Genghis Khan died about 8 years before Pope Boniface VIII was born, Ibn Battuta was born about a year after Pope Boniface VIII died, Petrarch was born about a year after Pope Boniface VIII died and Giovanni Boccaccio was born about 10 years after Pope Boniface VIII died.

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The 66 best-known contemporaries

66 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Boniface VIII. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1269.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  4. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  5. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  6. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  7. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  8. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  9. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  10. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  11. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  12. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  13. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  14. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  15. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  16. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  17. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  18. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  19. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  20. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  21. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  22. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  23. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  24. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  25. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  26. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  27. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  28. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  29. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  30. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  31. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  32. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  33. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  34. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  35. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  36. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  37. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  38. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  39. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  40. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  41. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  42. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  43. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  44. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  45. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  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. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  59. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  60. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  61. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  62. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  63. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  64. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  65. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  66. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240