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Pope Marinus I
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Pope Marinus I

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born AD 830 · died 15 May AD 884, aged 53 or 54
Also known as Marinus I, Pope Marinus, Marinus

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Marinus I?

  1. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  2. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  3. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  4. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  5. Pope Sergius II, c. AD 790 – AD 847
  6. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  7. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  8. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  9. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  10. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  11. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  12. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  13. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  14. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  15. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  16. Charles the Fat, c. AD 836 – AD 888
  17. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  18. Pope Theodore II, AD 840 – AD 897
  19. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  20. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  21. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  22. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  23. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  24. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951

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When Pope Marinus I was born, Louis the Pious was 51 or 52, Charles the Bald was 6 or 7, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 19 or 20, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 49 or 50 and Pope Adrian II was 37 or 38.

When Pope Marinus I died, Alfred the Great was 34 or 35, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 17 or 18, Pope Theodore II was 43 or 44, Rudaki was 24 or 25 and Charles the Simple was 4.

Born during Pope Marinus I’s lifetime: Alfred the Great, Al-Farabi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Pope Sergius III, Pope John X, Pope John IX, Pope Theodore II and Charles the Fat.

Not quite contemporaries: Jabir ibn Hayyan died about 14 years before Pope Marinus I was born, Adi Shankara died about 7 years before Pope Marinus I was born, Pope Leo III died about 12 years before Pope Marinus I was born and Pope Benedict V was born about 14 years after Pope Marinus I died.

Where Pope Marinus I’s contemporaries were born

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The 47 best-known contemporaries

47 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Marinus I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 858.

  1. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  2. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  3. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  4. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  5. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  6. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  7. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  8. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  9. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  10. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  11. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  12. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  13. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  14. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  15. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  16. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  17. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  18. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  19. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  20. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  21. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  22. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  23. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  24. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  25. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  26. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  27. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  28. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  29. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  30. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  31. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  32. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  33. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  34. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  35. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  36. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  37. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  38. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  39. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  40. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  41. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  42. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  43. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  44. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  45. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  46. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  47. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842