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Pope Gelasius II
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Pope Gelasius II

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1060–1069 · died 29 January 1119
Also known as Gelasius II, Giovanni Caetani

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Gelasius 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. Pope Gelasius II, c. 1065 – 1119
  12. Godfrey of Bouillon, 1060 – 1100
  13. Pope Callixtus II, c. 1065 – 1124
  14. Henry I of England, c. 1068 – 1135
  15. Peter Abelard, 1079 – 1142
  16. Anna Komnene, 1083 – c. 1154
  17. Bernard of Clairvaux, c. 1091 – 1153
  18. Hildegard of Bingen, c. 1098 – 1179
  19. Pope Alexander III, c. 1100 – 1181
  20. Pope Gregory VIII, 1100s – 1187
  21. Pope Celestine III, 1106 – 1198
  22. Muhammad al-Idrisi, c. 1110 – c. 1167
  23. Pope Lucius III, 1110 – 1185
  24. Manuel I Komnenos, 1118 – 1180

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When Pope Gelasius II died, Peter Abelard was 39 or 40, Pope Celestine III was 12 or 13, Pope Lucius III was 8 or 9, Manuel I Komnenos was under a year old and Anna Komnene was 35.

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

Not quite contemporaries: Averroes was born about 7 years after Pope Gelasius II died, Zhu Xi was born about 11 years after Pope Gelasius II died, Al-Biruni died about 12 years before Pope Gelasius II was born and Frederick Barbarossa was born about 3 years after Pope Gelasius II died.

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The 34 best-known contemporaries

34 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Gelasius II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1095.

  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. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  7. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  8. Bernard of Clairvaux c. 1091 – 1153
  9. Muhammad al-Idrisi c. 1110 – c. 1167
  10. Pope Alexander III c. 1100 – 1181
  11. Henry I of England c. 1068 – 1135
  12. Pope Gregory VIII 1100s – 1187
  13. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  14. Pope Callixtus II c. 1065 – 1124
  15. Pope Celestine III 1106 – 1198
  16. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  17. Pope Lucius III 1110 – 1185
  18. Godfrey of Bouillon 1060 – 1100
  19. Manuel I Komnenos 1118 – 1180
  20. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  21. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  22. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  23. Anna Komnene 1083 – c. 1154
  24. Afonso I of Portugal c. 1109 – 1185
  25. Geoffrey of Monmouth c. 1101 – c. 1155
  26. Stephen, King of England 1095 – 1154
  27. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  28. Empress Matilda c. 1102 – 1167
  29. Louis VI of France 1081 – 1137
  30. Bhāskara II c. 1114 – c. 1185
  31. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  32. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  33. Abdul Qadir Gilani 1078 – 1166
  34. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s