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Pope Formosus
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Pope Formosus

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. AD 816 · died 4 April AD 896
Also known as Formosus

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Formosus?

  1. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  2. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  3. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  4. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  5. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  6. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  7. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  8. Pope Sergius II, c. AD 790 – AD 847
  9. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  10. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  11. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  12. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  13. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  14. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  15. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  16. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  17. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  18. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  19. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  20. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  21. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  22. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  23. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  24. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951

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When Pope Formosus died, Alfred the Great was 46 or 47, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 29 or 30, Pope Theodore II was 55 or 56, Rudaki was 36 or 37 and Charles the Simple was 16.

Born during Pope Formosus’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Al-Farabi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Charles the Bald, Pope Sergius III, Pope Marinus I, Pope John X and Pope John IX.

Not quite contemporaries: Harun al-Rashid died about 5 years before Pope Formosus was born, Pope Benedict V was born about 2 years after Pope Formosus died, Pope John XI was born about 12 years after Pope Formosus died and Constantine VII was born about 9 years after Pope Formosus died.

Where Pope Formosus’s contemporaries were born

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The 55 best-known contemporaries

55 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Formosus. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 858.

  1. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  2. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  3. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  4. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  5. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  6. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  7. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  8. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  9. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  10. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  11. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  12. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  13. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  14. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  15. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  16. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  17. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  18. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  19. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  20. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  21. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  22. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  23. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  24. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  25. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  26. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  27. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  28. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  29. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  30. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  31. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  32. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  33. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  34. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  35. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  36. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  37. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  38. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  39. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  40. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  41. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  42. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  43. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  44. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  45. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  46. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  47. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  48. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  49. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  50. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  51. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  52. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  53. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  54. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  55. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842