Pope Sylvester II

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10th-century person 11th-century person Catholic theologian human mathematician medieval scholar philosopher pope

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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Gerbert d’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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Silvester II NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith Holy Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottonian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate c. 946 ⓘ
birthName Gerbert of Aurillac NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace Aurillac NERFINISHED ⓘ
Auvergne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Basilica of Saint John Lateran NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 1003-05-12 ⓘ
deathPlace Papal States ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
educatedAt Cathedral school of Reims NERFINISHED ⓘ
monastery of Aurillac NERFINISHED ⓘ
schools in Catalonia ⓘ
endTime 1003-05-12 ⓘ
era Middle Ages ⓘ
Ottonian period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Franks NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
education ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
theology ⓘ
hasOccupation abbot ⓘ
archbishop ⓘ
pope ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
influenced development of cathedral schools ⓘ
medieval European mathematics ⓘ
influencedBy Arabic science ⓘ
Boethius NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableStudent Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork De rationali et ratione uti NERFINISHED ⓘ
mathematical treatises on the abacus ⓘ
papalName Sylvester II NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld Archbishop of Ravenna ⓘ
Archbishop of Reims ⓘ
Pope ⓘ
surface form: Bishop of Rome

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

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Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor → associatedWith → Pope Sylvester II ⓘ
A Discovery of Witches → hasCharacter → Pope Sylvester II ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gerbert d’Aurillac