Who Was Alive

Were Innocent III and Rumi alive at the same time?

Yes. Innocent III and Rumi were alive at the same time for 8 years, from 1207 to 1216.

Rumi was 8 when Innocent III died.

Innocent III

Head of the Catholic Church from 1198 to 1216

Born 1160s · died 16 July 1216

Rumi

Iranian poet

Born 30 September 1207 · died 17 December 1273, aged 66

  1. Averroes
  2. Saladin
  3. Innocent III
  4. Genghis Khan
  5. Francis of Assisi
  6. Rumi
  7. Thomas Aquinas
  8. Marco Polo
  9. Dante Alighieri
Innocent III and Rumi in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.