Who Was Alive

Were Pope Hormisdas and Aryabhata alive at the same time?

Yes. Pope Hormisdas and Aryabhata were alive at the same time for 46 or 47 years, from AD 476 to AD 523.

Pope Hormisdas was 25 or 26 when Aryabhata was born.

Aryabhata was 46 or 47 when Pope Hormisdas died, aged 72 or 73.

Pope Hormisdas

Pope Hormisdas

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born AD 450 · died 6 August AD 523, aged 72 or 73

Aryabhata

Aryabhata

Astronomer

Born AD 476 · died AD 550

  1. Pope Leo I, c. AD 394 – AD 461
  2. Pope Hormisdas, AD 450 – AD 523
  3. Clovis I, c. AD 466 – AD 511
  4. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  5. Boethius, c. AD 480 – AD 524
  6. Benedict of Nursia, AD 480 – AD 547
  7. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565
  8. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604

Pope Hormisdas and Aryabhata in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Pope Hormisdas and Aryabhata were born

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