Who Was Alive

Were Rumi and Thomas Aquinas alive at the same time?

Yes. Rumi and Thomas Aquinas were alive at the same time for 47 or 48 years, from 1225 to 1273.

Rumi was 17 or 18 when Thomas Aquinas was born.

Thomas Aquinas was 47 or 48 when Rumi died, aged 66.

Rumi

Iranian poet

Born 30 September 1207 · died 17 December 1273, aged 66

Thomas Aquinas

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

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

  1. Genghis Khan
  2. Francis of Assisi
  3. Rumi
  4. Thomas Aquinas
  5. Marco Polo
  6. Dante Alighieri
Rumi and Thomas Aquinas in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.