Philosophers in Rome

The atlas holds 30 people and 94 moments here, from 211 BC to 2025. The most recorded lives are Jean-Paul Sartre, Arthur Schopenhauer and Horace.

Notable people

  1. Jean-Paul Sartre

    in 1933

    1 moment here

    French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…

  2. Arthur Schopenhauer

    in 1819

    1 moment here

    German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…

  3. Horace

    in 8 BC

    1 moment here

    Quintus Horatius Flaccus, known as Horace, was a Roman lyric poet, satirist, and former republican military tribune.…

  4. Plutarch

    in 70

    1 moment here

    Greek Platonist philosopher, biographer, essayist, magistrate, and Delphic priest. He was born at Chaeronea between 45 and 47 CE and died after 119…

  5. Desiderius Erasmus

    in 1509

    1 moment here

    Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, theologian, editor, and author. Erasmus was born in the Burgundian Netherlands, educated in the Low…

  6. Hannibal

    in 211 BC

    1 moment here

    Hannibal Barca was a Carthaginian general and statesman best known for leading an army from Iberia across the Alps into Italy during the Second Punic…

Moments

  1. 1611 Worked in Rome with the Linceans Galileo Galilei
  2. 1616 Admonished at Bellarmine's residence Galileo Galilei
  3. 1616 Completed a six-month Roman stay Galileo Galilei
  4. 1624 Arrived in Rome to meet Urban VIII Galileo Galilei
  5. 1624 Received by Pope Urban VIII Galileo Galilei
  6. 1624 Demonstrated a microscope in Rome Galileo Galilei
  7. 1630 Returned to Rome for printing approval Galileo Galilei
  8. 1633 Lodged at the Tuscan embassy in Rome Galileo Galilei
  9. 1633 Abjured at Santa Maria sopra Minerva Galileo Galilei
  10. 1633 Appeared before the Holy Office Galileo Galilei
  11. 1689 Arrival in Rome Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  12. 1689 Second Rome stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
  13. 1729 First Roman stay begins Montesquieu
  14. 1729 Return to Rome from Naples Montesquieu
  15. 1786 Arrives in Rome Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  16. 1786 Lives with Tischbein in Via del Corso Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  17. 1787 Begins second Roman residence Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  18. 1819 Winter stay in Rome Arthur Schopenhauer
  19. 1863 Visited Rome during the 1863 journey Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  20. 1882 Appears in Rome Friedrich Nietzsche
  21. 1926 Meets Mussolini in Rome Rabindranath Tagore
  22. 1931 Visits Vatican and meets Mussolini Mahatma Gandhi
  23. 1933 Summer journey in Italy Jean-Paul Sartre
  24. 1946 Studies at the Angelicum Pope John Paul II
  25. 1962 Second Vatican Council participation Pope John Paul II
  26. 1967 Created cardinal Pope John Paul II
  27. 1978 Election as Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II
  28. 1978 First public appearance as pope Pope John Paul II
  29. 1981 Shot in St. Peter's Square Pope John Paul II
  30. 1981 Roman curial prefecture Pope Benedict XVI
  31. 1983 Visit to Mehmet Ali Ağca in prison Pope John Paul II
  32. 1986 Visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome Pope John Paul II
  33. 2001 Created cardinal in Rome Pope Francis
  34. 2001 Cardinal-title installation Pope Francis
  35. 2005 Inauguration Mass Pope Benedict XVI
  36. 2005 Papal election Pope Benedict XVI
  37. 2005 Death at the Apostolic Palace Pope John Paul II
  38. 2013 Election as pope Pope Francis
  39. 2013 First public appearance as pope Pope Francis
  40. 2013 Papal inauguration Mass Pope Francis
  41. 2013 Move to Mater Ecclesiae Pope Benedict XVI
  42. 2022 Death at Mater Ecclesiae Pope Benedict XVI
  43. 2025 Death at Domus Sanctae Marthae Pope Francis
  44. 2025 Final public appearance Pope Francis

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