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Pope Stephen III
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Pope Stephen III

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. AD 720 · died 24 January AD 772
Also known as Stephen III, Stephanus III, Pope Stephanus III

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

  1. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  2. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  3. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  4. Leo III the Isaurian, AD 675 – AD 741
  5. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  6. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  7. Ja'far al-Sadiq, c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  8. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  9. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  10. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  11. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  12. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  13. Rabia Basri, 710s – AD 801
  14. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  15. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  16. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  17. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  18. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  19. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  20. Irene of Athens, c. AD 752 – AD 803
  21. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  22. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  23. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  24. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820

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When Pope Stephen III died, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 50 or 51, Harun al-Rashid was 5, Pope Leo III was 21 or 22, Pope Adrian I was 71 or 72 and Al-Shafi'i was 4.

Born during Pope Stephen III’s lifetime: Charlemagne, Abu Nuwas, Harun al-Rashid, Pope Leo III, Al-Shafi'i, Irene of Athens, Alcuin and Abd al-Rahman I.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Khwarizmi was born about 6 years after Pope Stephen III died, Adi Shankara was born about 14 years after Pope Stephen III died, Louis the Pious was born about 6 years after Pope Stephen III died and Ahmad ibn Hanbal was born about 8 years after Pope Stephen III died.

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Where Pope Stephen III’s contemporaries were born

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The 65 best-known contemporaries

65 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Stephen III. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 748.

  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. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  15. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  16. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  17. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  18. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  19. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  20. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  21. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  22. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  23. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  24. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  25. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  26. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  27. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  28. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  29. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  30. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  31. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  32. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  33. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  34. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  35. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  36. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  37. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  38. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  39. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  40. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  41. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  42. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  43. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  44. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  45. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  46. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  47. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  48. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  49. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  50. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  51. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  52. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  53. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  54. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  55. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  56. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  57. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  58. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  59. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  60. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  61. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  62. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  63. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  64. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754
  65. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842