Pope Sylvestre II, having studied at the Al-Quaraouiyin University in Fez, is considered the first Frenchman to hold this post. Speaking fluently Arabic, he is also, according to some historians, the one behind the idea of crusades.
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Pope Sylvestre II, having studied at the Al-Quaraouiyin University in Fez, is considered the first Frenchman to hold this post. Speaking fluently Arabic, he is also, according to some historians, the one behind the idea of crusades.