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Pope Sergius II
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Pope Sergius II

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. AD 790 · died 27 January AD 847
Also known as Sergius II

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Sergius II?

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When Pope Sergius II died, Charles the Bald was 23, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 36, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 66, Pope Adrian II was 54 or 55 and Pope Marinus I was 16 or 17.

Born during Pope Sergius II’s lifetime: Al-Kindi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV, Pope John VIII, Pope Formosus, Pope Benedict III and Pope Marinus I.

Not quite contemporaries: Alfred the Great was born about 2 years after Pope Sergius II died, Pope Sergius III was born about 11 years after Pope Sergius II died, Pope John X was born about 11 years after Pope Sergius II died and Rudaki was born about 12 years after Pope Sergius II died.

Where Pope Sergius II’s contemporaries were born

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The 66 best-known contemporaries

66 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Sergius II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 820.

  1. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  2. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  5. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  6. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  7. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  8. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  9. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  10. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  11. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  12. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  13. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  14. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  15. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  16. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  17. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  18. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  19. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  20. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  21. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  22. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  23. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  24. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  25. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  26. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  27. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  28. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  29. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  30. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  31. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  32. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  33. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  34. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  35. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  36. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  37. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  38. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  39. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  40. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  41. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  42. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  43. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  44. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  45. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  46. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  47. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  48. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  49. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  50. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  51. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  52. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  53. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  54. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  55. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  56. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  57. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  58. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  59. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  60. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  61. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  62. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  63. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  64. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  65. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  66. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842