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Pope Innocent VI
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Pope Innocent VI

French Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1282–1285 · died 12 September 1362
Also known as Innocent VI, Innocentius PP. VI, pape Innocent VI

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Innocent VI?

  1. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  2. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  3. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  4. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  5. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  6. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  7. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  8. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  9. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  10. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  11. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  12. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  13. Pope Innocent VI, c. 1284 – 1362
  14. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  15. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  16. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  17. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  18. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  19. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  20. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  21. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  22. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  23. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  24. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403

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When Pope Innocent VI died, Ibn Battuta was 58, Ibn Khaldun was 29 or 30, Petrarch was 58, Timur was 26 and Giovanni Boccaccio was 48 or 49.

Born during Pope Innocent VI’s lifetime: Geoffrey Chaucer, Ibn Battuta, Ibn Khaldun, Petrarch, Hafez, Timur, Giovanni Boccaccio and William of Ockham.

Not quite contemporaries: Thomas Aquinas died about 8 years before Pope Innocent VI was born, Rumi died about 9 years before Pope Innocent VI was born, Zheng He was born about 9 years after Pope Innocent VI died and Jan Hus was born about 8 years after Pope Innocent VI died.

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The 64 best-known contemporaries

64 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Innocent VI. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1324.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  6. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  7. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  8. Timur 1336 – 1405
  9. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  10. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  11. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  12. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  13. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  14. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  15. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  16. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  17. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  18. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  19. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  20. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  21. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  22. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  23. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  24. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  25. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  26. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  27. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  28. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  29. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  30. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  31. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  32. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  33. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  34. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  35. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  36. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  37. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  38. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  39. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  40. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  41. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  42. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  43. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  44. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  45. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  46. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  47. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  48. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  49. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  50. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  51. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  52. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  53. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  54. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  55. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  56. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  57. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  58. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  59. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  60. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  61. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  62. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  63. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  64. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370