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Pope John VIII
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Pope John VIII

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. AD 820 · died 16 December AD 882
Also known as John VIII, Ioannes VIII

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

  1. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  2. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  4. Pope Valentine, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  5. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  6. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  7. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  8. Pope Sergius II, c. AD 790 – AD 847
  9. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  10. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  11. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  12. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  13. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  14. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  15. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  16. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  17. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  18. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  19. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  20. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  21. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  22. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  23. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  24. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951

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When Pope John VIII died, Alfred the Great was 32 or 33, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 15 or 16, Pope Marinus I was 51 or 52, Pope Theodore II was 41 or 42 and Rudaki was 22 or 23.

Born during Pope John VIII’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Al-Farabi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Charles the Bald, Pope Sergius III, Pope Marinus I, Pope John X and Pope John IX.

Not quite contemporaries: Charlemagne died about 4 years before Pope John VIII was born, Abu Nuwas died about 4 years before Pope John VIII was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan died about 2 years before Pope John VIII was born and Harun al-Rashid died about 9 years before Pope John VIII was born.

Where Pope John VIII’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

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The 52 best-known contemporaries

52 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope John VIII. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 853.

  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. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  6. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  7. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  8. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  9. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  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 Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  15. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  16. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  17. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  18. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  19. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  20. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  21. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  22. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  23. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  24. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  25. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  26. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  27. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  28. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  29. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  30. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  31. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  32. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  33. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  34. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  35. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  36. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  37. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  38. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  39. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  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. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  45. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  46. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  47. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  48. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  49. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  50. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  51. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  52. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842