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Sylvester II (died 1003)

Pope, 999–1003. He was a Benedictine monk and scholar who succeeded Gregory V. He obtained letters from the Holy Roman Emperor recognizing the temporal authority of the Holy See.

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999 Hungary: history to 1918 political events			Stephen so rigorously sought Christianity that Pope Sylvester II granted him the title of Apostle at his coronation in Esztergom. History by Mena, Dante / Hungary Adventure Guide 0773459243 The life and legend of Gerbert of Aurillac; the organbuilder who became Pope Sylvester II. The life and legend of Gerbert of Aurillac; the organbuilder who ... by Reference & Research Book News When the first Germanic popes were elected in 996 (Bruno of Carinthia) and 999 (Gerbert of Aurillac) both assumed more "Roman" names--Gregory V and Sylvester II, respectively--out of deference to the prejudices of the Roman population (which unfortunately deprived the church of both a Pope Bruno and a Pope Bert). What's in a (papal) name? by Cones, Bryan / U.S. Catholic			sycamore Sydenham's chorea Sydenham, Thomas Sydney Sydney Mines Sydney Opera House Sydney, HMAS Sydow, Max Carl Adolf von syenite Syers, Madge Sygar, John Sykes, Eric Sykes, Lynn Ray Syktyvkar Sylacauga Sylhet syllable syllepsis syllogism Sylow, Ludwig Mejdell sylph Sylphides, Les Sylva, Carmen Sylvania Sylvester I, St Sylvester II Sylvester, James Joseph Sylvester, Michael Sylvia, ou La Nymphe de Diane Sylvis, William H symbiosis symbol symbol, chemical symbolic address symbolic interactionism symbolic processor Symbolism Syme, James Symington, Stuart Symington, William symmetric-key cryptography symmetry Symonds, John Addington Symons, Arthur William Symons, Julian sympathetic nervous system sympathetic resonance sympathetic string symphonia Symphonia domestica Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria von Weber			Sylvania Universal High Level Logic sylvanite sylvanite Sylvanium sylvans Sylvanus Sylvanus Sylvanus sylvas Sylvate sylvatic sylvatic sylvatic sylvatic plague sylvatic plague sylvatic plague sylvatic plague sylvatic plague sylvatic rabies sylvatic rabies sylvatic ringworm sylvatic ringworm Sylver Sylverino, Arkansas Sylverino, Arkansas Sylverino, Arkansas Sylvester Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Sylvester I, Saint Sylvester I, St Sylvester II Sylvester's theorem Sylvester, James Joseph Sylvester, James Joseph Sylvester, Michael Sylvestre de Sacy Sylvestre, Camille Sylvestrian Sylvia Sylvia Sylvia (band) Sylvia (band) Sylvia althaea Sylvia atricapilla Sylvia atricapilla Sylvia atricapilla Sylvia borin Sylvia communis Sylvia communis Sylvia curruca Sylvia Lake State Park Sylvia Lawry Centre for Multiple Sclerosis Research Sylvia minula Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath Sylvia Plath Sylvia platt Sylvia Rivera Law Project Sylvia Saint Sylvia succica

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