Who Was Alive

Were Pope Nicholas IV and Dante Alighieri alive at the same time?

Yes. Pope Nicholas IV and Dante Alighieri were alive at the same time, from c. 1265 to 1292.

Pope Nicholas IV

Pope Nicholas IV

Regular priest who served as Pope

Born 30 September 1227 · died 4 April 1292, aged 64

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  3. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  4. Pope Nicholas IV, 1227 – 1292
  5. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  6. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  7. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  8. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374

Pope Nicholas IV and Dante Alighieri 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 Nicholas IV and Dante Alighieri were born

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