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Pope Pelagius I
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Pope Pelagius I

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. AD 505 · died 4 March AD 561
Also known as Pelagius I, Pope Pelagius, Pelagius

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

  1. Justin I, AD 450 – AD 527
  2. Pope Hormisdas, AD 450 – AD 523
  3. Theodoric the Great, AD 454 – AD 526
  4. Pope Symmachus, c. AD 460 – AD 514
  5. Clovis I, c. AD 466 – AD 511
  6. Pope John I, c. AD 470 – AD 526
  7. Pope John II, AD 470 – AD 535
  8. Aryabhata, AD 476 – AD 550
  9. Pope Silverius, AD 477 – AD 537
  10. Boethius, c. AD 480 – AD 524
  11. Benedict of Nursia, AD 480 – AD 547
  12. Justinian I, AD 482 – AD 565
  13. Pope Agapetus I, 490s – AD 536
  14. Chlothar I, AD 498 – AD 561
  15. Khosrow I, AD 501 – AD 579
  16. Pope Pelagius I, c. AD 505 – AD 561
  17. Belisarius, c. AD 505 – AD 565
  18. Pope Pelagius II, c. AD 520 – AD 590
  19. Pope Benedict I, c. AD 526 – AD 579
  20. Pope Sabinian, c. AD 530 – AD 606
  21. Pope Gregory I, c. AD 541 – AD 604
  22. Pope Boniface III, c. AD 540 – AD 607
  23. Maurice, AD 539 – AD 602
  24. Pope Boniface IV, c. AD 550 – AD 615

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When Pope Pelagius I died, Justinian I was 78, Maurice was 21 or 22, Chlothar I was 62 or 63, Khosrow I was 59 or 60 and Phocas was 13 or 14.

Born during Pope Pelagius I’s lifetime: Pope Gregory I, Pope Pelagius II, Pope Benedict I, Pope Boniface IV, Pope Sabinian, Pope Boniface III, Maurice and Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib.

Not quite contemporaries: Muhammad was born about 10 years after Pope Pelagius I died, Abu Bakr was born about 10 years after Pope Pelagius I died, Uthman was born about 13 years after Pope Pelagius I died and Heraclius was born about 11 years after Pope Pelagius I died.

Where Pope Pelagius I’s contemporaries were born

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The 67 best-known contemporaries

67 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Pelagius I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 535.

  1. Justinian I AD 482 – AD 565
  2. Pope Gregory I c. AD 541 – AD 604
  3. Aryabhata AD 476 – AD 550
  4. Boethius c. AD 480 – AD 524
  5. Benedict of Nursia AD 480 – AD 547
  6. Clovis I c. AD 466 – AD 511
  7. Theodoric the Great AD 454 – AD 526
  8. Pope Hormisdas AD 450 – AD 523
  9. Pope John I c. AD 470 – AD 526
  10. Pope Pelagius II c. AD 520 – AD 590
  11. Pope John II AD 470 – AD 535
  12. Pope Benedict I c. AD 526 – AD 579
  13. Pope Symmachus c. AD 460 – AD 514
  14. Pope Silverius AD 477 – AD 537
  15. Pope Agapetus I 490s – AD 536
  16. Pope Boniface IV c. AD 550 – AD 615
  17. Belisarius c. AD 505 – AD 565
  18. Pope Sabinian c. AD 530 – AD 606
  19. Pope Boniface III c. AD 540 – AD 607
  20. Maurice AD 539 – AD 602
  21. Chlothar I AD 498 – AD 561
  22. Khosrow I AD 501 – AD 579
  23. Justin I AD 450 – AD 527
  24. Theodora c. AD 500 – AD 548
  25. Anastasius I Dicorus AD 430 – AD 518
  26. Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 545 – AD 570
  27. Justin II c. AD 520 – AD 578
  28. Phocas AD 547 – AD 610
  29. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 541 – AD 619
  30. Cassiodorus c. AD 487 – AD 583
  31. Tiberius II Constantine c. AD 520 – AD 582
  32. Gregory of Tours AD 538 – AD 594
  33. Columba AD 521 – AD 597
  34. Chlodomer c. AD 495 – AD 524
  35. Childebert I c. AD 497 – AD 558
  36. Amalasuintha AD 498 – AD 535
  37. Abd al-Muttalib c. AD 497 – AD 579
  38. Totila c. AD 510 – AD 552
  39. Charibert I c. AD 520 – c. AD 568
  40. Zosimus c. AD 460 – c. AD 520
  41. Dionysius Exiguus c. AD 475 – c. AD 549
  42. Theuderic I c. AD 485 – AD 534
  43. Brendan the Navigator c. AD 486 – AD 577
  44. John Malalas c. AD 491 – c. AD 578
  45. Guntram c. AD 532 – c. AD 593
  46. Athalaric AD 516 – AD 534
  47. Æthelberht of Kent AD 552 – AD 612
  48. Kavad I AD 473 – AD 531
  49. Narses AD 478 – c. AD 572
  50. Theudebert I c. AD 500 – AD 548
  51. Columbanus c. AD 543 – AD 615
  52. Abu Lahab AD 549 – c. AD 625
  53. Anthemius of Tralles c. AD 474 – c. AD 534
  54. Sigebert I AD 535 – AD 575
  55. Emperor Wen of Sui AD 541 – AD 604
  56. Empress Suiko AD 554 – AD 628
  57. Clotilde AD 474 – AD 545
  58. Gelimer c. AD 480 – AD 553
  59. Radegund AD 518 – AD 587
  60. Isidore of Miletus AD 442 – AD 537
  61. Imru' al-Qais c. AD 501 – c. AD 544
  62. Gildas AD 500 – AD 570
  63. Venantius Fortunatus c. AD 534 – AD 609
  64. Brigid of Kildare c. AD 452 – c. AD 525
  65. Saint David AD 512 – AD 589
  66. Alboin c. AD 529 – AD 572
  67. Reccared I c. AD 560 – AD 601