Editing Pope Sylvester II (section)

=== Scientific library ===
In late 984, Gerbert sent a letter to abbot Eberhard of Tours concerning the foundation of a large scientific library.<ref name="Freudenhammer 2020 142">{{Cite journal |last=Freudenhammer |first=Thomas |date=2020 |title=Lupitus of Barcelona - Lupitus von Barcelona: On the identity of a tenth century scientific translator |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/48616035 |journal=Sudhoffs Archiv |volume=104 |issue=2 |pages=142 |doi=10.25162/sar-2020-0005 |jstor=48616035 |issn=0039-4564 }}</ref> He dedicated immense sums of money to establishing the library and purchasing texts from a wide variety of western European authors.<ref name="Freudenhammer 2020 142"/>  He wrote to many monks and abbots in Europe requesting classical literature from their monasteries.<ref name="Freudenhammer 2020 142"/> Gerbert was also able to acquire some work from earlier era authors such as [[Cicero]] and [[Statius]].<ref name="Freudenhammer 2020 142"/> Two specific requests Gerbert made that documentation exists for are letters sent to Lupitus of Barcelona and Bishop Miró Bonfill of Girona, asking the former for an astrology book and the latter for an arithmetic book.<ref name="Freudenhammer 2020 142"/> It can be inferred from this that the library contained many volumes of books covering a wide variety of topics, but the exact size and influence the library had is seemingly unknown.