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Pope Clement V
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Pope Clement V

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1264 · died 20 April 1314, aged 49 or 50
Also known as Clement V, Raymond Bertrand de Got, Clemens PP. V

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

  1. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  2. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  3. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  4. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  5. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  6. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  7. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  8. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  9. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  10. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  11. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  12. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  13. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  14. Pope Clement V, 1264 – 1314
  15. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  16. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  17. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  18. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  19. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  20. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  21. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  22. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  23. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  24. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375

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When Pope Clement V was born, Marco Polo was 9 or 10, Rumi was 56 or 57, Kublai Khan was 48 or 49, Osman I was 5 or 6 and Nasreddin was 55 or 56.

When Pope Clement V died, Marco Polo was 59, Ibn Battuta was 10, Petrarch was 9, Giovanni Boccaccio was about a year old and Osman I was 55.

Born during Pope Clement V’s lifetime: Ibn Battuta, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Giotto, William of Ockham, William Wallace, Philip IV of France and Orhan.

Not quite contemporaries: Hafez was born about 9 years after Pope Clement V died, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor died about 14 years before Pope Clement V was born, John Wycliffe was born about 6 years after Pope Clement V died and Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor was born about 2 years after Pope Clement V died.

Where Pope Clement V’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Pope Clement V

The 62 best-known contemporaries

62 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Clement V. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1290.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  4. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  6. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  7. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  8. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  9. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  10. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  11. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  12. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  13. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  14. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  15. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  16. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  17. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  18. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  19. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  20. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  21. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  22. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  23. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  24. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  25. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  26. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  27. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  28. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  29. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  30. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  31. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  32. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  33. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  34. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  35. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  36. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  37. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  38. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  39. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  40. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  41. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  42. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  43. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  44. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  45. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  46. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  47. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  48. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  49. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  50. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  51. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  52. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  53. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  54. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  55. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  56. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  57. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  58. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  59. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  60. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  61. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  62. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370