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Pope Leo III
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Pope Leo III

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born AD 750 · died c. AD 816
Also known as Leo III

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Leo III?

  1. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  2. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  3. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  4. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  5. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  7. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  8. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  9. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  10. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  11. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  12. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  13. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  14. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  15. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  16. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  17. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  18. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  19. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  20. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  21. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  22. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  23. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  24. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870

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When Pope Leo III was born, Li Bai was 48 or 49, Du Fu was 37 or 38, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 28 or 29, Abu Hanifa was 50 or 51 and Abd al-Rahman I was 18 or 19.

Born during Pope Leo III’s lifetime: Al-Khwarizmi, Abu Nuwas, Harun al-Rashid, Adi Shankara, Louis the Pious, Al-Kindi, Muhammad al-Bukhari and Pope Gregory IV.

Not quite contemporaries: Bede died about 15 years before Pope Leo III was born, Charles Martel died about 9 years before Pope Leo III was born, Charles the Bald was born about 5 years after Pope Leo III died and John of Damascus died about a year before Pope Leo III was born.

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Where Pope Leo III’s contemporaries were born

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The 82 best-known contemporaries

82 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Leo III. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 783.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  4. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  7. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  8. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  9. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  10. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  11. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  12. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  13. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  14. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  15. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  16. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  17. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  18. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  19. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  20. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  21. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  22. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  23. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  24. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  25. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  26. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  27. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  28. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  29. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  30. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  31. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  32. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  33. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  34. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  35. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  36. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  37. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  38. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  39. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  40. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  41. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  42. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  43. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  44. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  45. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  46. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  47. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  48. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  49. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  50. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  51. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  52. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  53. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  54. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  55. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  56. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  57. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  58. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  59. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  60. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  61. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  62. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  63. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  64. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  65. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  66. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  67. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  68. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  69. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  70. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  71. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  72. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  73. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  74. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  75. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  76. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  77. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  78. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  79. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  80. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  81. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  82. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842