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Pope John XII
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Pope John XII

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. AD 937 · died 14 May AD 964
Also known as John XII, Ottaviano, Ioannes XII

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

  1. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  2. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  3. Olga of Kiev, c. AD 890 – AD 969
  4. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  5. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  6. Constantine VII, AD 905 – AD 959
  7. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  8. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965
  9. Edmund I, c. AD 920 – AD 946
  10. Pope John XII, c. AD 937 – AD 964
  11. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  12. Sviatoslav I, c. AD 942 – AD 972
  13. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  14. Erik the Red, c. AD 950 – 1003
  15. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  16. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor, AD 955 – AD 983
  17. Basil II, AD 958 – 1025

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When Pope John XII died, Ferdowsi was 24, Otto the Great was 51, Hugh Capet was 23 or 24, Basil II was 5 or 6 and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor was 8 or 9.

Born during Pope John XII’s lifetime: Ferdowsi, Vladimir the Great, Hugh Capet, Sviatoslav I, Basil II, Erik the Red and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor.

Not quite contemporaries: Avicenna was born about 14 years after Pope John XII died, Al-Biruni was born about 9 years after Pope John XII died, Leif Erikson was born about 6 years after Pope John XII died and Abu Bakr al-Razi died about 10 years before Pope John XII was born.

Where Pope John XII’s contemporaries were born

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