# Pope Sylvester II

> A scholar who reached the papacy by way of mathematics. Gerbert of Aurillac brought the abacus, Hindu–Arabic numerals, and Moorish astronomy back to a Latin Europe that had lost them — then ruled the church from 999 to 1003 as Sylvester II.

*Pope of the Catholic Church from 938 to 1003*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-sylvester-ii

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** France
- **Died:** 1003-05-12
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 946, Gerbert of Aurillac built his reputation as a teacher and scholar before ascending to bishop of Rome. He endorsed the study of Moorish and Greco-Roman science, reintroducing instruments and methods Western Christendom hadn't seen since the fall of the Western Roman Empire: the abacus, the armillary sphere, the water organ. He is credited as the first in Christian Europe outside Al-Andalus to introduce the decimal numeral system using Hindu–Arabic numerals. He died 12 May 1003, having spent his final years as pope in a continent slowly remembering how to count.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 64.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 13.5 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 23.1 / 100
- **Now attention:** 5.8 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #74

## Topics
#Scientists, #Scientist, #Astronomy, #Mathematics, #Politics, #Philosophy, #News Broadcasting, #Literature

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172383)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sylvester_II)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope%20Sylvester%20II)
- [سلبسطرس الثاني](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%B7%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A)
- [سلفستر التانى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89)
- [II Silvestr](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/II_Silvestr)
- [Сыльвэстар II](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%8D%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80_II)
- [Сільвестр II](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80_II)
- [Силвестър II](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80_II)
- [Jelvestr II](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelvestr_II)
- [Silvestre II](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvestre_II)
- [Gáu-huòng Silvester 2-sié](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Silvester_2-si%C3%A9)
- [Silvestr II.](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvestr_II.)
- [Pave Sylvester 2.](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Sylvester_2.)
- [Silvester II.](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvester_II.)
- [Silvester II](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvester_II)
- [Πάπας Σιλβέστρος Β΄](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%A3%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B2%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%84)
- [Silvestro la 2-a](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvestro_la_2-a)
- [Silvestre II](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvestre_II)
- [Silvester II](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvester_II)
- [Silvestre II.a](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvestre_II.a)
- [پاپ سیلوستر دوم](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85)
- [Sylvester II](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_II)
- [Sylvestre II](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvestre_II)
- [Pápa Sailbheastar II](https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1pa_Sailbheastar_II)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Papa_Silvestro_II)
- [Pous Silvester II](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Silvester_II)
- [Silvester II.](https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silvester_II.)

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