Who Was Alive
Pope Sylvester III
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Pope Sylvester III

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. 1000 · died 1060–1069
Also known as Sylvester III, Silvester III

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

  1. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  2. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  3. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  4. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  5. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  6. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  7. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  8. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  9. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  10. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  11. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  12. Pope Sylvester III, c. 1000 – c. 1065
  13. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  14. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  15. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  16. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  17. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  18. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  19. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  20. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  21. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099
  22. Omar Khayyam, c. 1049 – 1131
  23. Pope Paschal II, 1050s – 1118
  24. Al-Ghazali, c. 1057 – 1111

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Born during Pope Sylvester III’s lifetime: Omar Khayyam, Al-Ghazali, William the Conqueror, Pope Urban II, Anselm of Canterbury, Pope Alexander II, Harold Godwinson and Pope Clement II.

Not quite contemporaries: Peter Abelard was born about 9 years after Pope Sylvester III died, Hugh Capet died about 2 years before Pope Sylvester III was born, Anna Komnene was born about 13 years after Pope Sylvester III died and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor died about 15 years before Pope Sylvester III was born.

What happened in Pope Sylvester III’s lifetime

Where Pope Sylvester III’s contemporaries were born

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The 43 best-known contemporaries

43 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Sylvester III. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1032.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Omar Khayyam c. 1049 – 1131
  3. Al-Ghazali c. 1057 – 1111
  4. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  5. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  6. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  7. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  8. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  9. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  10. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  11. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  12. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  13. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  14. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  15. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  16. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  17. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  18. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  19. Pope Paschal II 1050s – 1118
  20. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  21. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  22. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  23. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  24. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  25. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  26. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  27. Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1050 – 1106
  28. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  29. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  30. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  31. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  32. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  33. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  34. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  35. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  36. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  37. Philip I of France 1052 – 1108
  38. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  39. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  40. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  41. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  42. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s
  43. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066