Ruler · 938 – 1003

Pope Sylvester II

Lived 938 – 1003; astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, theologian. Pope of Papal States, 999 – 1003.

Wikidata's English label: Sylvester II.

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Lived: 938 – 1003; 65 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Papal States
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Pope

Papal States · the 48th of 163 dated reigns · 757 – 1878 · read from the line of Vatican City

44 before

John XIV983 – 984

John XV985 – 996

Gregory V996 – 999

Pope Sylvester II999 – 1003

John XVII1003

John XVIII1003 – 1009

Sergius IV1009 – 1012

112 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 999 – 1003 · 4 years

Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes

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