Pope Sylvester III
Pope · Italy · Religious Figures · Lived 1000 to 1060 · aged 60
Pope Sylvester III is read about 62 times a day, in 66 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 16 September 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?He held the papacy for seven weeks in 1045 - one of three men claiming the throne of Saint Peter that year, in the middle of Rome's ugliest ecclesiastical mess.
Also in Deutsch
Photos 2
About this person
Born John in Rome around the year 1000, he rose through the church to become bishop of Rome on 20 January 1045. His papacy lasted exactly fifty days, ending on 10 March the same year - a reign so brief it barely registered against the chaos swallowing the medieval church. He lived another eighteen years after losing the office, dying in October 1063.
Religious Figures from Italy 6
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.