Who Was Alive
Pope Valentine
Artaud de Montor (1772–1849), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Pope Valentine

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born c. AD 780 · died 10 October AD 827
Also known as Valentine

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Valentine?

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When Pope Valentine died, Louis the Pious was 49, Charles the Bald was 4, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 17, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 46 and Pope Adrian II was 34 or 35.

Born during Pope Valentine’s lifetime: Adi Shankara, Al-Kindi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV, Pope John VIII, Pope Adrian II and Pope Leo IV.

Not quite contemporaries: Du Fu died about 7 years before Pope Valentine was born, Abu Hanifa died about 10 years before Pope Valentine was born, Pepin the Short died about 10 years before Pope Valentine was born and Pope Paul I died about 11 years before Pope Valentine was born.

Where Pope Valentine’s contemporaries were born

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The 64 best-known contemporaries

64 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Valentine. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 805.

  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. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  11. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  12. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  13. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  14. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  15. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  16. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  17. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  18. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  19. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  20. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  21. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  22. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  23. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  24. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  25. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  26. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  27. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  28. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  29. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  30. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  31. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  32. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  33. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  34. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  35. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  36. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  37. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  38. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  39. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  40. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  41. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  42. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  43. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  44. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  45. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  46. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  47. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  48. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  49. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  50. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  51. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  52. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  53. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  54. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  55. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  56. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  57. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  58. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  59. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  60. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  61. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  62. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  63. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  64. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842