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Pope Nicholas I
Artaud de Montor (1772–1849), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Pope Nicholas I

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. AD 820 · died 13 November AD 867
Also known as Nicholas I, Nicholas, Pope Nicholas

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

  1. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  2. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  4. Pope Valentine, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  5. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  6. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  7. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  8. Pope Sergius II, c. AD 790 – AD 847
  9. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  10. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  11. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  12. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  13. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  14. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  15. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  16. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  17. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  18. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  19. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  20. Pope Theodore II, AD 840 – AD 897
  21. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  22. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  23. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  24. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925

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When Pope Nicholas I died, Alfred the Great was 17 or 18, Abu Bakr al-Razi was about a year old, Charles the Bald was 44, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 57 and Pope Adrian II was 74 or 75.

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

Not quite contemporaries: Charlemagne died about 4 years before Pope Nicholas I was born, Abu Nuwas died about 4 years before Pope Nicholas I was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan died about 2 years before Pope Nicholas I was born and Harun al-Rashid died about 9 years before Pope Nicholas I was born.

Where Pope Nicholas I’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Pope Nicholas I

The 49 best-known contemporaries

49 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Nicholas I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 845.

  1. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  2. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  3. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  4. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  5. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  6. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  7. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  8. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  9. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  10. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  11. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  12. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  13. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  14. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  15. Pope Sergius III c. AD 860 – AD 911
  16. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  17. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  18. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  19. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  20. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  21. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  22. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  23. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  24. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  25. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  26. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  27. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  28. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  29. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  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. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  41. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  42. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  43. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  44. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  45. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  46. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  47. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  48. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  49. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842