Gerbert of Aurillac
c. 945-1003
French mathematician and astronomer who ascended to the papacy as Sylvester II. Having spent time in Spain, he took part in the transmission of Arabic science to the we...
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Gerbert of Aurillac(C. 938–1003)
Gerbert of Aurillac, an educational reformer and pope (Silvester II) of the eleventh century, was born in Auvergne about 938, became a monk of St. Gérard...
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