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Pope Celestine V
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Pope Celestine V

Catholic priest and hermit who served as Pope

Born 1215 · died 19 May 1296, aged 80 or 81
Also known as Celestine V, Pietro da Morrone, Pietro Angelerio

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

  1. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  2. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  3. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  4. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  5. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  6. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  7. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  8. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  9. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  10. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  11. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  12. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  13. Pope Celestine V, 1215 – 1296
  14. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  15. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  16. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  17. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  18. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  19. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  20. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  21. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  22. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  23. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  24. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349

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When Pope Celestine V was born, Genghis Khan was 52 or 53, Rumi was 7 or 8, John, King of England was 48 or 49, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 20 or 21 and Ibn Arabi was 49 or 50.

When Pope Celestine V died, Marco Polo was 41, Osman I was 37, William Wallace was 25 or 26, Edward I was 56 and Pope Boniface VIII was 61.

Born during Pope Celestine V’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Thomas Aquinas, Osman I, Giotto, William of Ockham, Roger Bacon and William Wallace.

Not quite contemporaries: Ibn Battuta was born about 8 years after Pope Celestine V died, Petrarch was born about 8 years after Pope Celestine V died, Zhu Xi died about 15 years before Pope Celestine V was born and Maimonides died about 11 years before Pope Celestine V was born.

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Where Pope Celestine V’s contemporaries were born

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The 79 best-known contemporaries

79 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Celestine V. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1256.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  4. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  5. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  6. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  7. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  8. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  9. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  10. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  11. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  12. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  13. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  14. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  15. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  16. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  17. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  18. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  19. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  20. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  21. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  22. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  23. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  24. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  25. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  26. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  27. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  28. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  29. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  30. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  31. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  32. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  33. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  34. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  35. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  36. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  37. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  38. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  39. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  40. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  41. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  42. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  43. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  44. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  45. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  46. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  47. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  48. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  49. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  50. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  51. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  52. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  53. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  54. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  55. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  56. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  57. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  58. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  59. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  60. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  61. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  62. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  63. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  64. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  65. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  66. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  67. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  68. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  69. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  70. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  71. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  72. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  73. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  74. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  75. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  76. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  77. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  78. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  79. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240