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Pope Stephen IV
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Pope Stephen IV

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. AD 770 · died 24 January AD 817
Also known as Stephen IV, Stephanus V

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

  1. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  2. Malik ibn Anas, c. AD 711 – AD 795
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  4. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  5. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  6. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  7. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  8. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  9. Pope Stephen IV, c. AD 770 – AD 817
  10. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  11. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  12. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  13. Pope Valentine, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  14. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  15. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  16. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  17. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  18. Pope Sergius II, c. AD 790 – AD 847
  19. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  20. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  21. Lothair I, AD 795 – AD 855
  22. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  23. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  24. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870

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When Pope Stephen IV died, Louis the Pious was 38, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 6, Al-Shafi'i was 49, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 36 and Pope Adrian II was 24 or 25.

Born during Pope Stephen IV’s lifetime: Al-Khwarizmi, Adi Shankara, Louis the Pious, Al-Kindi, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Pope Adrian II.

Not quite contemporaries: Li Bai died about 6 years before Pope Stephen IV was born, Abu Hanifa died months before Pope Stephen IV was born, Charles the Bald was born about 6 years after Pope Stephen IV died and Pope John VIII was born about a year after Pope Stephen IV died.

Where Pope Stephen IV’s contemporaries were born

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The 63 best-known contemporaries

63 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Stephen IV. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 795.

  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. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  11. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  12. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  13. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  14. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  15. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  16. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  17. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  18. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  19. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  20. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  21. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  22. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  23. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  24. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  25. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  26. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  27. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  28. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  29. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  30. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  31. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  32. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  33. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  34. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  35. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  36. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  37. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  38. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  39. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  40. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  41. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  42. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  43. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  44. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  45. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  46. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  47. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  48. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  49. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  50. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  51. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  52. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  53. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  54. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  55. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  56. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  57. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  58. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  59. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  60. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  61. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  62. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  63. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842