Pope Sylvester II

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Pope Sylvester II was a 10th–11th century scholar-pope renowned for promoting learning, introducing Arabic numerals and the abacus to Western Europe, and closely collaborating with Emperor Otto III in efforts to revive the Roman Empire’s Christian glory.

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Pope Sylvester II canonical 4
Gerbert d’Aurillac 2
Gerbert of Aurillac 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 10th-century person
11th-century person
Catholic theologian
human
mathematician
medieval scholar
philosopher
pope
allegedIn legends about magic and the devil
alsoKnownAs Gerbert d’Aurillac
linked to: Pope Sylvester II

Silvester II
associatedWith Holy Roman Empire
Ottonian Renaissance
birthDate c. 946
birthName Gerbert of Aurillac
linked to: Pope Sylvester II
birthPlace Aurillac
Auvergne
Kingdom of France
burialPlace Basilica of Saint John Lateran
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France
deathDate 1003-05-12
deathPlace Papal States
Rome
educatedAt Cathedral school of Reims
monastery of Aurillac
linked to: Aurillac Abbey

schools in Catalonia
endTime 1003-05-12
era Middle Ages
Ottonian period
ethnicGroup Franks
fieldOfWork astronomy
education
mathematics
philosophy
theology
hasOccupation abbot
archbishop
pope
teacher
influenced development of cathedral schools
medieval European mathematics
influencedBy Arabic science
Boethius
knownFor close collaboration with Otto III
early use and promotion of Hindu–Arabic numerals in the West
introducing or popularizing the abacus in medieval Europe
plans to revive a Christian Roman Empire
promoting learning in Western Europe
studies in mathematics and astronomy
transmitting Arabic science to Latin Christendom
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
Old French
memberOf clergy of the Catholic Church
mentor Adalbero of Reims
linked to: Adalberon of Reims
notableStudent Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor
notableWork De rationali et ratione uti
mathematical treatises on the abacus
papalName Sylvester II
linked to: Pope Sylvester II
positionHeld Archbishop of Ravenna
Archbishop of Reims
Bishop of Rome
linked to: Pope

Patriarch of the West
Pope
predecessor Pope Gregory V
reignEndAsPope 1003
reignStartAsPope 999
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
startTime 999-04-02
successor Pope John XVII
workLocation Ravenna
Reims
Rome

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Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor associatedWith Pope Sylvester II
A Discovery of Witches hasCharacter Gerbert d’Aurillac
linked to: Pope Sylvester II
Pope Gregory V papalSuccessor Pope Sylvester II
Pope Sylvester II birthName Gerbert of Aurillac
linked to: Pope Sylvester II
Pope Sylvester II alsoKnownAs Gerbert d’Aurillac
linked to: Pope Sylvester II
Pope Sylvester II papalName Sylvester II
linked to: Pope Sylvester II
Bertha of Burgundy opposedBy Pope Sylvester II