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Pope Gregory IV
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Pope Gregory IV

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. AD 795 · died 25 January AD 844
Also known as Gregory IV, Gregorius

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Gregory IV?

  1. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  2. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  4. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  6. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  7. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  8. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  9. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  10. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  11. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  12. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  13. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  14. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  15. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  16. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  17. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  18. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  19. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  20. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  21. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  22. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  23. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  24. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900

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When Pope Gregory IV died, Charles the Bald was 20, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 33, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 63, Pope Adrian II was 51 or 52 and Pope Marinus I was 13 or 14.

Born during Pope Gregory IV’s lifetime: Al-Kindi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope John VIII, Pope Formosus, Pope Benedict III, Pope Marinus I and Pope Nicholas I.

Not quite contemporaries: Alfred the Great was born about 5 years after Pope Gregory IV died, Pope Sergius III was born about 14 years after Pope Gregory IV died, Pope John X was born about 14 years after Pope Gregory IV died and Rudaki was born about 15 years after Pope Gregory IV died.

Where Pope Gregory IV’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 Gregory IV. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 821.

  1. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  2. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  5. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  6. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  7. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  8. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  9. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  10. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  11. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  12. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  13. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  14. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  15. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  16. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  17. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  18. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  19. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  20. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  21. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  22. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  23. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  24. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  25. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  26. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  27. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  28. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  29. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  30. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  31. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  32. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  33. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  34. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  35. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  36. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  37. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  38. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  39. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  40. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  41. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  42. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  43. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  44. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  45. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  46. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  47. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  48. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  49. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  50. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  51. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  52. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  53. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  54. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  55. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  56. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  57. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  58. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  59. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  60. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  61. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842