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Pope Leo IX
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Pope Leo IX

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 21 June 1002 · died 19 April 1054, aged 51
Also known as Leo IX, Pope Saint Leo IX, Bruno of Egisheim-Dagsburg

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

  1. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  2. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  3. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  4. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  5. Pope Sergius IV, c. AD 970 – 1012
  6. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  7. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  8. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  9. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  10. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  11. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  12. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  13. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  14. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  15. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  16. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  17. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  18. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  19. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  20. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  21. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  22. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  23. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  24. Alexios I Komnenos, 1048 – 1118

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When Pope Leo IX was born, Ferdowsi was 62, Al-Biruni was 28, Cnut was 7 or 8, Basil II was 43 or 44 and Bolesław I the Brave was 34 or 35.

When Pope Leo IX died, Alexios I Komnenos was 5 or 6, Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor was 3, Alp Arslan was 25, Henry I of France was 45 and Philip I of France was 1.

Born during Pope Leo IX’s lifetime: Omar Khayyam, William the Conqueror, Pope Urban II, Anselm of Canterbury, Pope Alexander II, Harold Godwinson, Pope Clement II and Alexios I Komnenos.

Not quite contemporaries: Henry I of England was born about 12 years after Pope Leo IX died, Hugh Capet died about 6 years before Pope Leo IX was born, Pope Gregory V died about 3 years before Pope Leo IX was born and Pope Callixtus II was born about 9 years after Pope Leo IX died.

Where Pope Leo IX’s contemporaries were born

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The 41 best-known contemporaries

41 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Leo IX. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1028.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  4. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  5. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  6. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  7. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  8. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  9. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  10. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  11. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  12. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  13. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  14. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  15. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  16. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  17. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  18. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  19. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  20. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  21. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  22. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  23. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  24. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  25. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  26. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  27. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  28. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  29. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  30. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  31. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  32. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  33. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  34. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  35. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  36. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  37. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  38. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  39. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  40. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s
  41. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066