Pope Sylvester II or Silvester II (c. 946 – 12 May 1003) was Pope from 2 April 999 to his death in 1003. Born Gerbert d’Aurillac (Gerbert of Aurillac) he was a prolific scholar and teacher. He endorsed and promoted study of Arab/Greco-Roman arithmetic mathematics and astronomy reintroducing to Europe the abacus and armillary sphere which had been lost to Europe since the end of the Greco-Roman era.
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