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Gerbert

Related Category: Roman Catholic Popes and Antipopes

see Sylvester II.

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Sylvester Ii - c.945–1003, pope a Frenchman (b. Auvergne) named Gerbert; successor of Gregory V. In his youth he studied at Muslim schools in Spain and became learned in mathematics and astronomy. Returning to...