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Numbers

Who was the “Number Pope”?

The “Number Pope” was Gerbert of Aurillac (c. 940–1003), Pope Sylvester II. He was fascinated by mathematics and was instrumental in the adoption of Arabic numerals to replace Roman numerals in Western Europe.

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