Who Was Alive

Were Pope Urban IV and Marco Polo alive at the same time?

Yes. Pope Urban IV and Marco Polo were alive at the same time for 10 years, from 1254 to 1264.

Marco Polo was 10 when Pope Urban IV died.

Pope Urban IV

Pope Urban IV

Latin Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. 1185 · died 2 October 1264

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant

Born 15 September 1254 · died 8 January 1324, aged 69

  1. Saladin, 1138 – 1193
  2. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  3. Pope Urban IV, c. 1185 – 1264
  4. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  5. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  6. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  7. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  8. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  9. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374

Pope Urban IV and Marco Polo in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Pope Urban IV and Marco Polo were born

Pope Urban IV and Marco Polo are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (9 of 9 placed); tap one to open that person.
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