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Sylvester II

noun
1.
French pope from 999 to 1003 who was noted for his great learning (945-1003).  Synonym: Gerbert.






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... of clocks, on the principle of cog-wheels and weights, is attributed to a monk, named Gerbert, who died in 1013. He had been instructor to King Robert, and was made Bishop of Rheims, later becoming Pope Sylvester II. Clocks at first were large affairs in public places. Portable clocks were said to have been first made by Carovage, ...
— Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages • Julia De Wolf Addison

... poets had maintained was true. Peter, the bishop of the town, condemned him as a heretic. At that time there were many men in Italy believing this false doctrine; they perished by the sword or at the stake." We have a letter, written at the same time by Gerbert, who later on became Pope Sylvester II., to a friend, beseeching him to obtain for him manuscripts of the Latin philosophers and poets. He wrote textbooks of astronomy, geometry and medicine, and introduced the Arabic numbers and the decimal ...
— The Evolution of Love • Emil Lucka



Words linked to "Sylvester II" :   Roman Catholic Pope, pontiff, Vicar of Christ, pope, Bishop of Rome, Holy Father, Gerbert, Catholic Pope



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