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Pope Celestine III
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Pope Celestine III

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1106 · died 8 January 1198, aged 91 or 92
Also known as Celestine III, Giacinto Bobo-Orsini

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

  1. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  2. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111
  4. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  5. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  6. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  7. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  8. Pope Celestine III, 1106 – 1198
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  10. Frederick Barbarossa, 1122 – 1190
  11. Averroes, 1126 – 1198
  12. Zhu Xi, 1130 – 1200
  13. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  14. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  15. Nizami Ganjavi, c. 1141 – c. 1209
  16. Richard I of England, 1157 – 1199
  17. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  18. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  19. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  20. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  21. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  22. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  23. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  24. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250

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When Pope Celestine III was born, Anna Komnene was 22 or 23, Louis VI of France was 24 or 25 and Philip I of France was 53 or 54.

When Pope Celestine III died, Genghis Khan was 35, Averroes was 71, Zhu Xi was 67, Richard I of England was 40 and Shota Rustaveli was 25 or 26.

Born during Pope Celestine III’s lifetime: Genghis Khan, Saladin, Francis of Assisi, Averroes, Zhu Xi, Richard I of England, Maimonides and Frederick Barbarossa.

Not quite contemporaries: Rumi was born about 9 years after Pope Celestine III died, Saadi Shirazi was born about 10 years after Pope Celestine III died, Pope Urban II died about 7 years before Pope Celestine III was born and Nasreddin was born about 10 years after Pope Celestine III died.

Where Pope Celestine III’s contemporaries were born

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The 61 best-known contemporaries

61 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Celestine III. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1153.

  1. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Saladin 1138 – 1193
  4. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  5. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  6. Averroes 1126 – 1198
  7. Zhu Xi 1130 – 1200
  8. Hildegard of Bingen c. 1098 – 1179
  9. Richard I of England 1157 – 1199
  10. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  11. Peter Abelard 1079 – 1142
  12. Frederick Barbarossa 1122 – 1190
  13. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  14. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  15. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  16. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  17. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  18. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  19. Nizami Ganjavi c. 1141 – c. 1209
  20. Muhammad al-Idrisi c. 1110 – c. 1167
  21. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  22. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  23. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  24. Henry II of England 1133 – 1189
  25. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  26. Henry I of England c. 1068 – 1135
  27. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  28. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  29. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  30. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  31. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  32. Pope Callixtus II c. 1065 – 1124
  33. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  34. Louis VII of France 1120 – 1180
  35. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  36. Chrétien de Troyes c. 1130s – c. 1180s
  37. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  38. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  39. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  40. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  41. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  42. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  43. Pope Gelasius II c. 1065 – 1119
  44. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  45. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  46. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  47. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  48. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  49. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  50. Thomas Becket c. 1119 – 1170
  51. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  52. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  53. Louis VI of France 1081 – 1137
  54. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  55. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  56. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  57. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  58. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  59. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166
  60. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  61. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230