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Pope Nicholas IV
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Pope Nicholas IV

Regular priest who served as Pope

Born 30 September 1227 · died 4 April 1292, aged 64
Also known as Nicholas IV, Jerome of Ascoli, Pope Niccolò IV

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

  1. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  2. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  3. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  4. Anthony of Padua, 1195 – 1231
  5. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  6. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  7. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  8. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  9. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  10. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  11. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  12. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  13. Pope Nicholas IV, 1227 – 1292
  14. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  15. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  16. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  17. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  18. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  19. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  20. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  21. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  22. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  23. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  24. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349

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When Pope Nicholas IV was born, Thomas Aquinas was 1 or 2, Rumi was 20, Kublai Khan was 12, Louis IX of France was 12 or 13 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 32.

When Pope Nicholas IV died, Marco Polo was 37, Kublai Khan was 76, Osman I was 33, William Wallace was 21 or 22 and Edward I was 52.

Born during Pope Nicholas IV’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Osman I, Giotto, William of Ockham, William Wallace, Edward I and Pope Boniface VIII.

Not quite contemporaries: Genghis Khan died months before Pope Nicholas IV was born, Ibn Battuta was born about 12 years after Pope Nicholas IV died, Petrarch was born about 12 years after Pope Nicholas IV died and Francis of Assisi died about a year before Pope Nicholas IV was born.

What happened in Pope Nicholas IV’s lifetime

Where Pope Nicholas IV’s contemporaries were born

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The 68 best-known contemporaries

68 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Nicholas IV. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1260.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  4. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  5. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  6. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  7. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  8. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  9. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  10. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  11. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  12. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  13. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  14. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  15. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  16. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  17. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  18. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  19. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  20. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  21. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  22. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  23. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  24. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  25. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  26. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  27. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  28. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  29. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  30. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  31. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  32. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  33. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  34. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  35. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  36. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  37. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  38. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  39. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  40. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  41. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  42. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  43. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  44. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  45. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201 – 1274
  46. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  47. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  48. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  49. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  50. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  51. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  52. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  53. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  54. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  55. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  56. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  57. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  58. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  59. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  60. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  61. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  62. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  63. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  64. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  65. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  66. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  67. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  68. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240