Who Was Alive

Were Pope Nicholas IV and Marco Polo alive at the same time?

Yes. Pope Nicholas IV and Marco Polo were alive at the same time for 37 years, from 1254 to 1292.

Pope Nicholas IV was 26 when Marco Polo was born.

Marco Polo was 37 when Pope Nicholas IV died, aged 64.

Pope Nicholas IV

Pope Nicholas IV

Regular priest who served as Pope

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

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant

Born 15 September 1254 · died 8 January 1324, aged 69

  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 Marco Polo 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 Marco Polo were born

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