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Also known as Giovanni dei Crescenzi–Ottaviani, Pope Sylvester III, Silvester III

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Sylvester III, born Silvester in 1000 in Rome, was a male Catholic priest and citizen of the Papal States. He served as Pope and later as Pope emeritus, working primarily in Rome and the Papal States. His religious affiliation was with the Catholic Church. He died in 1063 in Sabina.

The subject is described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and The Nuttall Encyclopædia. He is recognized in the Popes collection. Other entries with the name Sylvester III include an author associated with the works *Live the Life You Deserve* and *Care Package*, as well as a musical artist from Japan associated with genres such as chip, clean up, rockman, and vgm.

Synthesized by Vinony from 28 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Encyclopedic overview

Pope Sylvester III (c. 1000 – October 1063), born John (Italian: Giovanni) in Rome, was bishop of Rome and ruler of the Papal States from 20 January to 10 March 1045.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sylvester III” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.