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Pope John XXII
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Pope John XXII

French Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1244 · died 4 December 1334, aged 89 or 90
Also known as John XXII, Jacques d'Euse, Jacques D’euze

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

  1. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  2. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  3. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  4. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  5. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  6. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  7. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  8. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  9. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  10. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  11. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  12. Pope John XXII, 1244 – 1334
  13. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  14. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  15. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  16. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  17. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  18. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  19. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  20. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  21. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  22. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  23. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  24. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406

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When Pope John XXII was born, Rumi was 36 or 37, Kublai Khan was 28 or 29, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 49 or 50, Nasreddin was 35 or 36 and Edward I was 4 or 5.

When Pope John XXII died, Ibn Battuta was 30, Ibn Khaldun was 1 or 2, Petrarch was 30, Giovanni Boccaccio was 20 or 21 and Orhan was 53.

Born during Pope John XXII’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Ibn Khaldun, Petrarch, Hafez, Giovanni Boccaccio and Osman I.

Not quite contemporaries: Geoffrey Chaucer was born about 7 years after Pope John XXII died, Timur was born about 2 years after Pope John XXII died, Ibn Arabi died about 4 years before Pope John XXII was born and Pope Gregory IX died about 3 years before Pope John XXII was born.

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The 77 best-known contemporaries

77 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope John XXII. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1290.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  4. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  6. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  7. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  8. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  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. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  16. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  17. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  18. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  19. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  20. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  21. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  22. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  23. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  24. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  25. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  26. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  27. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  28. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  29. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  30. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  31. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  32. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  33. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  34. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  35. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  36. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  37. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  38. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  39. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  40. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  41. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  42. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  43. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  44. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  45. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  46. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  47. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  48. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  49. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  50. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  51. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  52. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  53. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  54. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  55. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  56. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  57. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  58. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  59. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  60. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  61. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  62. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  63. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  64. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  65. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  66. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  67. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  68. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  69. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  70. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  71. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  72. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  73. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  74. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  75. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  76. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  77. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370