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Pope Urban V
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Pope Urban V

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1310 · died 19 December 1370, aged 59 or 60
Also known as Urban V, Blessed Urban V, Blessed Pope Urban V

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Urban V?

  1. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  2. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  3. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  4. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  5. Philip IV of France, 1268 – 1314
  6. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  7. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  8. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  9. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  10. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  11. Pope Urban V, 1310 – 1370
  12. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  13. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  14. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316 – 1378
  15. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  16. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  17. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  18. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  19. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  20. Catherine of Siena, 1347 – 1380
  21. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  22. Christine de Pizan, 1364 – 1430
  23. Pope Martin V, c. 1369 – 1431
  24. Charles VI of France, 1368 – 1422

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When Pope Urban V was born, Marco Polo was 55 or 56, Ibn Battuta was 5 or 6, Petrarch was 5 or 6, Osman I was 51 or 52 and Philip IV of France was 41 or 42.

When Pope Urban V died, Ibn Khaldun was 37 or 38, Petrarch was 66, Timur was 34, Giovanni Boccaccio was 56 or 57 and Edward III was 58.

Born during Pope Urban V’s lifetime: Geoffrey Chaucer, Ibn Khaldun, Hafez, Timur, Giovanni Boccaccio, Bayezid I, Edward III and John Wycliffe.

Not quite contemporaries: Zheng He was born about a year after Pope Urban V died, Donatello was born about 14 years after Pope Urban V died, William Wallace died about 5 years before Pope Urban V was born and Edward I died about 3 years before Pope Urban V was born.

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Where Pope Urban V’s contemporaries were born

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The 60 best-known contemporaries

60 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Urban V. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1341.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  6. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  7. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  8. Timur 1336 – 1405
  9. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  10. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  11. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  12. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  13. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  14. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  15. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  16. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  17. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  18. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  19. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  20. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  21. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  22. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  23. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  24. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  25. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  26. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  27. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  28. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  29. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  30. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  31. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  32. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  33. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  34. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  35. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  36. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  37. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  38. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  39. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  40. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  41. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  42. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  43. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  44. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  45. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  46. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  47. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  48. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  49. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  50. Louis X of France 1289 – 1316
  51. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  52. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  53. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  54. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  55. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  56. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  57. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  58. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  59. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  60. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370