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.

All labels observed (4)

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

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Statements (72)

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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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ