Pope Sylvester II was originally known as Gerbert of Aurillac, born 946 A.D. in Auvergne, France. Born to a humble family, he was a shepherd boy who would use his night watch of the flocks to study astronomy. His studies attracted the attention of a local priest, who directed him to towards formal education.

He was then taken by a Spanish count to Spain, where he studied at Barcelona and also under Arabian teachers at Cordova and Seville, giving much attention to mathematics and the natural sciences, in which he made unusual progress.

As Spain bordered the nearby Moorish caliphate, his work at the abbey focused on the translation of Arabic texts into Latin. He was taught by the greatest of Catholic and Arab scientists and scholars, becoming prolific in mathematics, the abacus, astronomy, and philosophy.

Source 1:

https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/pope-sylvester-ii

Source 2:

https://ucatholic.com/blog/the-pope-and-the-pendulum-the-first-mechanical-clock-was-a-medieval-catholic-invention

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