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Pope John XXI
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Pope John XXI

Politician who served as Pope

Born 1209–1215 · died 20 May 1277
Also known as John XXI, Peter Juliani, Ioannes XXI

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

  1. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  2. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  3. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  4. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  5. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  6. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  7. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  8. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  9. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  10. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  11. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  12. Pope John XXI, c. 1213 – 1277
  13. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  14. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  15. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  16. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  17. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  18. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  19. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  20. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  21. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  22. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  23. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  24. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305

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When Pope John XXI died, Marco Polo was 22, Kublai Khan was 61, Osman I was 18, William Wallace was 6 or 7 and Nasreddin was 68 or 69.

Born during Pope John XXI’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Thomas Aquinas, Osman I, Giotto, Roger Bacon, William Wallace and Edward I.

Not quite contemporaries: Averroes died about 12 years before Pope John XXI was born, Zhu Xi died about 10 years before Pope John XXI was born, Richard I of England died about 11 years before Pope John XXI was born and Maimonides died about 6 years before Pope John XXI was born.

What happened in Pope John XXI’s lifetime

Where Pope John XXI’s contemporaries were born

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The 69 best-known contemporaries

69 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope John XXI. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1247.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  4. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  5. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  6. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  7. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  8. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  9. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  10. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  11. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  12. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  13. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  14. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  15. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  16. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  17. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  18. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  19. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  20. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  21. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  22. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  23. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  24. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  25. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  26. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  27. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  28. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  29. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  30. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  31. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  32. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  33. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  34. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  35. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  36. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  37. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  38. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  39. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  40. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  41. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  42. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  43. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  44. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  45. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  46. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  47. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  48. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  49. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  50. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  51. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  52. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  53. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  54. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  55. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  56. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  57. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  58. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  59. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  60. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  61. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  62. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  63. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  64. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  65. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  66. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  67. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  68. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  69. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240