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Pope Sergius III
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Pope Sergius III

Politician who served as Pope

Born c. AD 860 · died 14 April AD 911
Also known as Sergius III

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

  1. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  2. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  3. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  4. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  5. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  6. Pope Nicholas I, c. AD 820 – AD 867
  7. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, AD 821 – AD 875
  8. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877
  9. Pope Marinus I, AD 830 – AD 884
  10. Rurik, AD 830 – AD 879
  11. Charles the Fat, c. AD 836 – AD 888
  12. Pope John IX, c. AD 840 – AD 900
  13. Al-Tabari, c. AD 839 – AD 922
  14. Pope Theodore II, AD 840 – AD 897
  15. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  16. Pope Sergius III, c. AD 860 – AD 911
  17. Pope John X, c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  18. Rudaki, AD 859 – AD 941
  19. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  20. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  21. Æthelstan, c. AD 895 – AD 939
  22. Al-Masudi, c. AD 896 – AD 957
  23. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  24. Constantine VII, AD 905 – AD 959

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When Pope Sergius III died, Abu Bakr al-Razi was 44 or 45, Rudaki was 51 or 52, Constantine VII was 5, Charles the Simple was 31 and Leo VI the Wise was 44.

Born during Pope Sergius III’s lifetime: Al-Farabi, Abu Bakr al-Razi, Pope Benedict V, Æthelstan, Al-Masudi, Constantine VII, Henry the Fowler and Charles the Simple.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Khwarizmi died about 5 years before Pope Sergius III was born, Otto the Great was born about a year after Pope Sergius III died, Pope Gregory IV died about 14 years before Pope Sergius III was born and Ahmad ibn Hanbal died about 3 years before Pope Sergius III was born.

Where Pope Sergius III’s contemporaries were born

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The 33 best-known contemporaries

33 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Sergius III. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 887.

  1. Alfred the Great AD 849 – c. AD 899
  2. Al-Farabi c. AD 870 – AD 951
  3. Abu Bakr al-Razi AD 866 – AD 925
  4. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  5. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  6. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  7. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  8. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  9. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  10. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  11. Pope Marinus I AD 830 – AD 884
  12. Pope John X c. AD 860 – c. AD 929
  13. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  14. Pope John IX c. AD 840 – AD 900
  15. Æthelstan c. AD 895 – AD 939
  16. Pope Theodore II AD 840 – AD 897
  17. Charles the Fat c. AD 836 – AD 888
  18. Rudaki AD 859 – AD 941
  19. Al-Masudi c. AD 896 – AD 957
  20. Rurik AD 830 – AD 879
  21. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  22. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  23. Al-Tabari c. AD 839 – AD 922
  24. Henry the Fowler c. AD 876 – AD 936
  25. Charles the Simple AD 879 – AD 929
  26. Al-Hallaj c. AD 858 – AD 922
  27. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  28. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  29. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  30. Arnulf of Carinthia c. AD 850 – AD 899
  31. Leo VI the Wise AD 866 – AD 912
  32. Robert I of France AD 860 – AD 923
  33. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869