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Pope Callixtus II
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Pope Callixtus II

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. 1065 · died 13 December 1124
Also known as Callixtus II, Guy de Bourgogne, Guy de Vienne

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Callixtus II?

  1. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  2. Pope Victor III, c. 1028 – 1087
  3. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  4. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  5. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  6. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  7. Alexios I Komnenos, 1048 – 1118
  8. Pope Paschal II, 1050s – 1118
  9. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1050 – 1106
  10. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  11. Godfrey of Bouillon, 1060 – 1100
  12. Pope Callixtus II, c. 1065 – 1124
  13. Henry I of England, c. 1068 – 1135
  14. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  15. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  16. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  17. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  18. Pope Gregory VIII, 1100s – 1187
  19. Pope Celestine III, 1106 – 1198
  20. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  21. Pope Lucius III, 1110 – 1185
  22. Manuel I Komnenos, 1118 – 1180
  23. Louis VII of France, 1120 – 1180
  24. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190

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When Pope Callixtus II died, Peter Abelard was 44 or 45, Frederick Barbarossa was 1 or 2, Pope Celestine III was 17 or 18, Louis VII of France was 3 or 4 and Pope Lucius III was 13 or 14.

Born during Pope Callixtus II’s lifetime: Hildegard of Bingen, Peter Abelard, Frederick Barbarossa, Bernard of Clairvaux, Muhammad al-Idrisi, Pope Alexander III, Pope Gregory VIII and Pope Celestine III.

Not quite contemporaries: Saladin was born about 14 years after Pope Callixtus II died, Averroes was born about 2 years after Pope Callixtus II died, Zhu Xi was born about 6 years after Pope Callixtus II died and Al-Biruni died about 15 years before Pope Callixtus II was born.

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Where Pope Callixtus II’s contemporaries were born

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The 37 best-known contemporaries

37 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Callixtus II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1096.

  1. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  2. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  3. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  4. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  5. Peter Abelard 1079 – 1142
  6. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  7. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  8. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  9. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  10. Muhammad al-Idrisi c. 1110 – c. 1167
  11. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  12. Henry I of England c. 1068 – 1135
  13. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  14. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  15. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  16. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  17. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  18. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  19. Godfrey of Bouillon 1060 – 1100
  20. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  21. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  22. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  23. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  24. Pope Gelasius II c. 1065 – 1119
  25. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  26. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  27. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  28. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  29. Thomas Becket c. 1119 – 1170
  30. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  31. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  32. Louis VI of France 1081 – 1137
  33. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  34. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  35. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  36. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166
  37. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s