Who Was Alive

Thomas Aquinas

Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church

Born 1225 · died 7 March 1274, aged 48 or 49

Who was alive at the same time as Thomas Aquinas?

  1. Genghis Khan
  2. Francis of Assisi
  3. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
  4. Albertus Magnus
  5. Rumi
  6. Saadi
  7. Louis IX of France
  8. Kublai Khan
  9. Roger Bacon
  10. Thomas Aquinas
  11. Marco Polo
  12. Osman I
  13. Dante Alighieri
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Thomas Aquinas was born, Genghis Khan was 62 or 63, Rumi was 17 or 18, Kublai Khan was 9 or 10 and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 29 or 30.

When Thomas Aquinas died, Marco Polo was 19, Kublai Khan was 58 and Osman I was 15.

Born during Thomas Aquinas’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo and Osman I.

Not quite contemporaries: William of Ockham was born 13 years after Thomas Aquinas died, Shota Rustaveli died 9 years before Thomas Aquinas was born, Innocent III died 9 years before Thomas Aquinas was born and John, King of England died 9 years before Thomas Aquinas was born.

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