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Pope Sergius IV
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Pope Sergius IV

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. AD 970 · died 12 May 1012
Also known as Sergius IV, Pietro Martino Buccaporci

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

  1. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  2. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  3. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  4. Erik the Red, c. AD 950 – 1003
  5. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  6. Basil II, AD 958 – 1025
  7. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  8. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  9. Bolesław I the Brave, AD 967 – 1025
  10. Pope Sergius IV, c. AD 970 – 1012
  11. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  12. Pope Gregory V, AD 972 – AD 999
  13. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  14. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  15. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  16. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  17. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  18. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  19. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  20. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  21. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  22. Pope Sylvester III, c. 1000 – c. 1065
  23. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  24. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047

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When Pope Sergius IV died, Ferdowsi was 72, Al-Biruni was 38, Cnut was 17 or 18, Pope Leo IX was 9 and Pope Clement II was 6.

Born during Pope Sergius IV’s lifetime: Avicenna, Al-Biruni, Cnut, Pope Leo IX, Pope Benedict VIII, Pope Gregory VI, Pope Clement II and Stephen I of Hungary.

Not quite contemporaries: William the Conqueror was born about 15 years after Pope Sergius IV died, Pope John XII died about 4 years before Pope Sergius IV was born, Pope Benedict V died about 3 years before Pope Sergius IV was born and Pope Leo VIII died about 3 years before Pope Sergius IV was born.

Where Pope Sergius IV’s contemporaries were born

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The 32 best-known contemporaries

32 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Sergius IV. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 993.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  4. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  5. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  6. Otto the Great AD 912 – AD 973
  7. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  8. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  9. Pope Gregory V AD 972 – AD 999
  10. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  11. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  12. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  13. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  14. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  15. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  16. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  17. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  18. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  19. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  20. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  21. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  22. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  23. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  24. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  25. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  26. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 955 – AD 983
  27. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  28. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  29. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor AD 980 – 1002
  30. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  31. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  32. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050