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Pope John IX
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Pope John IX

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. AD 840 · died 5 January AD 900
Also known as John IX, Ioannes IX, papa Joan XIV

Who was alive at the same time as Pope John IX?

  1. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  2. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  3. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  4. Pope Sergius II, c. AD 790 – AD 847
  5. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  6. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  7. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  8. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  9. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  10. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  11. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  12. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  13. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  14. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  15. Charles the Fat, c. AD 836 – AD 888
  16. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  17. Pope Theodore II, AD 840 – AD 897
  18. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  19. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  20. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  21. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  22. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  23. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  24. Æthelstan, c. AD 895 – AD 939

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When Pope John IX died, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 33 or 34, Rudaki was 40 or 41, Charles the Simple was 20, Leo VI the Wise was 33 and Robert I of France was 39.

Born during Pope John IX’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Al-Farabi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Pope Sergius III, Pope John X, Æthelstan, Rudaki and Al-Masudi.

Not quite contemporaries: Adi Shankara died about 15 years before Pope John IX was born, Otto the Great was born about 12 years after Pope John IX died, Pope Paschal I died about 14 years before Pope John IX was born and Pope Leo VIII was born about 13 years after Pope John IX died.

Where Pope John IX’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Pope John IX

The 42 best-known contemporaries

42 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope John IX. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 872.

  1. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  2. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  3. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  4. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  5. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  6. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  7. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  8. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  9. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  10. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  11. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  12. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  13. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  14. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  15. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  16. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  17. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  18. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  19. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  20. Æthelstan c. AD 895 – AD 939
  21. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  22. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  23. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  24. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  25. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  26. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  27. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  28. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  29. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  30. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  31. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  32. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  33. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  34. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  35. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  36. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  37. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  38. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  39. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  40. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  41. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  42. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856