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Pope Zachary
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Pope Zachary

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born AD 679 · died 15 March AD 752, aged 72 or 73
Also known as Zachary, Zacharias, Pope Zacharias

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Zachary?

  1. Pope Agatho, AD 574 – AD 681
  2. Pope Leo II, AD 611 – AD 683
  3. Husayn ibn Ali, AD 626 – AD 680
  4. Pope Benedict II, AD 635 – AD 685
  5. Pope John V, AD 635 – AD 686
  6. Pope John VII, AD 650 – AD 707
  7. Pope Sergius I, AD 650 – AD 701
  8. Pope John VI, AD 655 – AD 705
  9. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  10. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  11. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  12. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  13. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  14. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  15. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  16. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  17. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  18. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  19. Pope Stephen II, c. AD 714 – AD 757
  20. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  21. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  22. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  23. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  24. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816

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When Pope Zachary was born, Husayn ibn Ali was 52 or 53, Pope Gregory II was 9 or 10, Pope Benedict II was 43 or 44, Pope Leo II was 67 or 68 and Pope John VII was 28 or 29.

When Pope Zachary died, Li Bai was 50, Du Fu was 39 or 40, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 30 or 31, Abu Hanifa was 52 and Pope Leo III was 1 or 2.

Born during Pope Zachary’s lifetime: Li Bai, Charlemagne, Du Fu, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Abu Hanifa, Charles Martel, Pope Leo III and Pope Adrian I.

Not quite contemporaries: Abu Nuwas was born about 2 years after Pope Zachary died, Brahmagupta died about 6 years before Pope Zachary was born, Harun al-Rashid was born about 14 years after Pope Zachary died and Hasan ibn Ali died about 9 years before Pope Zachary was born.

What happened in Pope Zachary’s lifetime

Where Pope Zachary’s contemporaries were born

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The 95 best-known contemporaries

95 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Zachary. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 716.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  4. Husayn ibn Ali AD 626 – AD 680
  5. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  6. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  7. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  8. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  9. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  10. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  11. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  12. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  13. Pope Benedict II AD 635 – AD 685
  14. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  15. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  16. Pope Leo II AD 611 – AD 683
  17. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  18. Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
  19. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  20. Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
  21. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  22. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  23. Pope John V AD 635 – AD 686
  24. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  25. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  26. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  27. Pope Conon AD 630 – AD 687
  28. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  29. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  30. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  31. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  32. Yazid I AD 646 – AD 683
  33. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  34. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  35. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  36. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  37. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  38. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
  39. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  40. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  41. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  42. Ibn Abbas c. AD 619 – AD 688
  43. Constantine IV AD 652 – AD 685
  44. Marwan I AD 623 – AD 685
  45. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  46. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  47. Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
  48. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  49. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  50. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  51. Mu'awiya II AD 661 – AD 684
  52. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  53. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  54. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  55. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  56. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  57. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  58. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  59. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  60. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  61. Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
  62. Zaynab bint Ali c. AD 627 – c. AD 684
  63. Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
  64. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  65. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  66. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  67. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  68. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  69. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  70. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  71. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  72. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  73. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  74. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  75. Theuderic III 650s – AD 691
  76. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  77. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  78. Clovis IV c. AD 677 – AD 695
  79. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  80. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  81. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  82. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  83. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  84. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  85. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  86. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  87. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  88. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  89. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  90. Emperor Tenmu AD 631 – AD 686
  91. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  92. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  93. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  94. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  95. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754