Who was Pope Sylvester 1?

Answer 1

Pope sylvester II ( Silvester )

he was the first French Pope

born in 950ad and died in 1003 ad

introduced Arab arithmetic, Astrology and astronomy to Europe

He reigned as Pope from 999 til his death

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Answer 2

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Sylvester was pope at the time of the First Council of Nicaea but declined to attend, apparently because he felt the bishop of Rome should not be seen as merely equal to his fellow-bishops.

It was to Sylvester and his successors that Constantine donated the Lateran Palace in Rome. Over the centuries following Sylvester's death, a legend grew up that he had cured Emperor Constantine of leprosy, and that this was the reason for the gift of the Lateran Palace and other privileges enjoyed by the bishops.

A document forged in the eighth century, probably by a Vatican official named Christophorous, expanded on the legend and claimed that Constantine had also granted imperial privileges in the entire western empire to Sylvester, before retiring to rule in the eastern empire. This document, known as the Donation of Constantine, was used by successive popes to lay claim to lands and temporal privileges. The document allegedly provided to Sylvester became the justification for Church claims to the lands defined as the papal states. However there is no suggestion that the popes, with the possible exception of Stephen II, actually knew the document to be a forgery.

Answer 3

Sylvester (Silvester) (d. 335) pope. The son of a Roman called Rufinus, Sylvester became bishop of Rome in 314, soon after the Edict of Milan recognized Christianity, ended persecution against it and tolerated all religions. Surprisingly little is known of him, but legends abound and were very influential in the Middle Ages. Sylvester was represented by legates at a synod of Arles against the Donatists and in 325 at the Council of Nicea. The Lateran palace was given to him by Constantine and this became the cathedral church of Rome; he also built other churches in Rome; probably the first churches at St. Peter's, Holy Cross, and St. Laurence-outside-the-walls. He was buried in a church which he built at the cemetery of Priscilla; but in 761 his relics were translated to the church of 'St. Silvester in capite' which is the church assigned to the English. For the source and more detailed information concerning this request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated below this answer box.

Answer 4

Pope St Sylvester was a fourth-century pope, with a long line of popes who preceded him.

Catholic traditions says that Saint Peter was the first bishop of Rome, and therefore pope, in the middle of the first century, although there are good reasons to doubt this. Francis A. Sullivan SJ (From Apostles to Bishops) says that there is a general agreement among scholars that the church of Rome was led by a council of presbyters until well into the second century, with no evidence of a ruling bishop. It is therefore no longer possible to accept any Roman bishop traditionally attributed to the first century.

The earliest person known for certain as bishop of Rome is Pope Anicetus in the middle of the second century.

Answer 5

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No, St. Peter was the first pope.