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Why did Gerbert of Aurillac leave Rome to study at Reims?
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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 (later Pope Sylvester II) traveled to Reims to study logic because he felt his previous education was insufficient in that area. While in Rome, he engaged in lively Socratic discussions that convinced him he lacked the necessary training in logic. When a skilled logician, Archdeacon Gerann of Reims, visited Rome, Gerbert requested and received permission to study under his tutelage at the cathedral school in Reims.1