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Saint Boniface
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Saint Boniface

Catholic bishop and missionary

Born c. AD 675 · died 5 June AD 754
Also known as Wynfrith, St. Boniface, Wynfryth

Who was alive at the same time as Saint Boniface?

  1. Pope Agatho, AD 574 – AD 681
  2. Mu'awiya I, AD 603 – AD 680
  3. Pope Leo II, AD 611 – AD 683
  4. Husayn ibn Ali, AD 626 – AD 680
  5. Pope Benedict II, AD 635 – AD 685
  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. Saint Boniface, c. AD 675 – AD 754
  12. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  13. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  14. Charles Martel, AD 688 – AD 741
  15. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  16. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  17. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  18. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  19. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  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 Saint Boniface died, Li Bai was 53, Du Fu was 41 or 42, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 32 or 33, Abu Hanifa was 54 and Pope Leo III was 3 or 4.

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

Not quite contemporaries: Ali died about 12 years before Saint Boniface was born, Harun al-Rashid was born about 12 years after Saint Boniface died, Hasan ibn Ali died about 3 years before Saint Boniface was born and Al-Shafi'i was born about 13 years after Saint Boniface died.

What happened in Saint Boniface’s lifetime

Where Saint Boniface’s contemporaries were born

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The 99 best-known contemporaries

99 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Saint Boniface. 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. Mu'awiya I AD 603 – AD 680
  8. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  9. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  10. Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
  11. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  12. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  13. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  14. Pope Benedict II AD 635 – AD 685
  15. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  16. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  17. Pope Leo II AD 611 – AD 683
  18. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  19. Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
  20. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  21. Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
  22. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  23. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  24. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  25. Pope John V AD 635 – AD 686
  26. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  27. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  28. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  29. Pope Conon AD 630 – AD 687
  30. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  31. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  32. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  33. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  34. Yazid I AD 646 – AD 683
  35. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  36. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  37. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  38. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  39. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  40. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
  41. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  42. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  43. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  44. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  45. Ibn Abbas c. AD 619 – AD 688
  46. Constantine IV AD 652 – AD 685
  47. Marwan I AD 623 – AD 685
  48. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  49. Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
  50. Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
  51. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  52. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  53. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  54. Mu'awiya II AD 661 – AD 684
  55. Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
  56. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  57. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  58. Abu Hurayra AD 602 – AD 679
  59. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  60. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  61. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  62. Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
  63. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  64. Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
  65. Zaynab bint Ali c. AD 627 – c. AD 684
  66. Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
  67. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  68. Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
  69. Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
  70. Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
  71. Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
  72. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  73. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  74. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  75. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  76. Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
  77. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  78. Theuderic III 650s – AD 691
  79. Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
  80. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  81. Clovis IV c. AD 677 – AD 695
  82. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  83. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  84. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  85. Dagobert II AD 652 – AD 679
  86. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  87. Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
  88. Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
  89. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  90. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  91. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  92. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  93. Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
  94. Emperor Tenmu AD 631 – AD 686
  95. Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
  96. Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
  97. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  98. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  99. Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754