Editing Pope Sylvester II (section)

== In popular culture ==
* Gerbert D'Aurillac appears as an adversary in [[Deborah Harkness]]' novel series called the ''[[All Souls Trilogy]]''. He is portrayed by [[Trevor Eve]] in the trilogy's [[A Discovery of Witches (TV series)|television adaptation]].<ref>{{cite web |title=A Discovery of Witches (cast section) |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2177461/ |website=IMDb |date=7 April 2019 |access-date=11 May 2021}}</ref>
* Gerbert d'Aurillac is the protagonist of [[Judith Tarr]]'s 1989 novel ''Ars Magica''.
* Gerbert d'Aurillac is referred to in the first chapter of [[Mikhail Bulgakov]]'s novel ''The Master and Margarita''.
* Legends about Gerbert D'Aurillac as Pope Sylvester II inspired the short story "The Demon Pope" by [[Richard Garnett (writer)|Richard Garnett]], first published in the original, 1888 edition of ''[[The Twilight of the Gods and Other Tales]]''.
* In [[Anatole France]]'s ''[[The Revolt of the Angels]]'', Nectaire (a fallen angel) speaks of this Gerbert: "We taught them letters and sciences. A mouthpiece of their god, one Gerbert, took lessons in physics, arithmetic, and music with us, and it was said that he had sold us his soul." Then "The successors of the studious Gerbert, not content with the possession of souls (the profits one gains thereby are lighter than air), wished to possess bodies also."