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Pope Paul I
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Pope Paul I

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born AD 700 · died 28 June AD 767, aged 66 or 67
Also known as Paul I, Pope Paul, Paul

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

  1. Wu Zetian, AD 624 – AD 705
  2. Pope Sisinnius, c. AD 650 – AD 708
  3. Pope John VII, AD 650 – AD 707
  4. Pope Sergius I, AD 650 – AD 701
  5. Pope John VI, AD 655 – AD 705
  6. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  7. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  8. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  9. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  10. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  11. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  12. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  13. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  14. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  15. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  16. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  17. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  18. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  19. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  20. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  21. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  22. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  23. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  24. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809

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When Pope Paul I was born, Abu Hanifa was about a year old, Charles Martel was 11 or 12, Wu Zetian was 75 or 76, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz was 18 or 19 and Ali al-Sajjad was 40 or 41.

When Pope Paul I died, Du Fu was 54 or 55, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 45 or 46, Harun al-Rashid was 1, Pope Leo III was 16 or 17 and Pope Adrian I was 66 or 67.

Born during Pope Paul I’s lifetime: Li Bai, Charlemagne, Abu Nuwas, Du Fu, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Harun al-Rashid, Pope Leo III and Pepin the Short.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Khwarizmi was born about 11 years after Pope Paul I died, Louis the Pious was born about 11 years after Pope Paul I died, Pope Benedict II died about 15 years before Pope Paul I was born and Al-Shafi'i was born months after Pope Paul I died.

What happened in Pope Paul I’s lifetime

Where Pope Paul I’s contemporaries were born

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The 84 best-known contemporaries

84 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Paul I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 734.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  7. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  8. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  9. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  10. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  11. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  12. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  13. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  14. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  15. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  16. Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
  17. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  18. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  19. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  20. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  21. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  22. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  23. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  24. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  25. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  26. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  27. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  28. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  29. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  30. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  31. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  32. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  33. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  34. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  35. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  36. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  37. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  38. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  39. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  40. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  41. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  42. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  43. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  44. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  45. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  46. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  47. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  48. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  49. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  50. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  51. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  52. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  53. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  54. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  55. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  56. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  57. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  58. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  59. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  60. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  61. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  62. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  63. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  64. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  65. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  66. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  67. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  68. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  69. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  70. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  71. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  72. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  73. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  74. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  75. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  76. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  77. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  78. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  79. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  80. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  81. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  82. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  83. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  84. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842