the ledger of connections
The Connections of Francis of Assisi
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226) Every person recorded alongside Francis of Assisi in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Francis of Assisi in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Pedro Bernardone, Madona Pica
- Students
- Bernard of Quintavalle, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Pietro Catanii, Elias of Cortona
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1182 to 1226.
Medieval era
Rumi
September 30, 1207 – December 17, 1273
Persian poet and Sufi mystic, among the best-selling poets in the world today
Medieval era
Thomas Aquinas
January 25, 1225 – March 7, 1274
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
Medieval era
Al-Musta'sim
1213 – February 20, 1258
37th and last Abbasid Caliph (r. 1242–1258)
Medieval era
Eleanor of Aquitaine
1124 – April 1, 1204
Queen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness
Medieval era
Richard the Lionheart
September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199
King of England from 1189 to 1199 (1157–1199)
Medieval era
King John of England
December 24, 1166 – October 19, 1216
King of England from 1199 to 1216
Medieval era
Frederick Barbarossa
1122 – June 10, 1190
Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 to 1190
Medieval era
Saladin
1138 – March 4, 1193
Sultan who united the Muslim world and retook Jerusalem with famed chivalry
Medieval era
Genghis Khan
May 31, 1162 – August 25, 1227
Founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history
Medieval era
Kublai Khan
1215 – 1294
Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)
Medieval era
Fibonacci
1170 – c. 1240
Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)
Medieval era
Maimonides
March 30, 1138 – December 13, 1204
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)