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Sylvester II
Sylvester II, detail from the ivory vessel used at the consecration of Otto III, 996; in the Domschatzkammer des Aachener Domes, Aachen, Ger.
Gerbert of Aurillac, who later became Pope Sylvester II, was born of humble parentage near Aurillac in the ancient French province of Auvergne, France.12