Who Was Alive

Were Pope Leo I and Pope Hormisdas alive at the same time?

Yes. Pope Leo I and Pope Hormisdas were alive at the same time for 10 or 11 years, from AD 450 to AD 461.

Pope Hormisdas was 10 or 11 when Pope Leo I died.

Pope Leo I

Pope Leo I

Roman Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born AD 388–400 · died 10–11 November AD 461

Pope Hormisdas

Pope Hormisdas

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born AD 450 · died 6 August AD 523, aged 72 or 73

  1. Jerome, c. AD 345 – c. AD 420
  2. John Chrysostom, c. AD 350 – AD 407
  3. Augustine of Hippo, AD 354 – AD 430
  4. Hypatia, c. AD 360 – AD 415
  5. Pope Leo I, c. AD 394 – AD 461
  6. Pope Hormisdas, AD 450 – AD 523
  7. Theodoric the Great, AD 454 – AD 526
  8. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  9. Boethius, c. AD 480 – AD 524
  10. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565

Pope Leo I and Pope Hormisdas in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Pope Leo I and Pope Hormisdas were born

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