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Gregory I

Also known as Pope Gregory I, Saint Gregory the Great, St. Gregory the Dialogist, Gregory, Gregory the Great, St Gregory, Saint Gregory, Pope St. Gregory I

64th Bishop of Rome, Head of the Roman Catholic Church from 590 to 604

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Gregory I, also known as Gregorius PP. I, was a male Pope and Doctor of the Church. Born in Rome on November 30, 540, to Saint Silvia and the Anicia gens, he served as a diplomat, Latin Catholic priest, and writer. He was a member of the Benedictines and adhered to the Catholic Church, speaking Latin. His notable works include *Pastoral Care* and *Moralia in Job*.

He died in Rome on March 12, 604, and is buried in St. Peter's Basilica. Gregory I is recognized as a saint with feast days on March 12, March 25, and September 3. His writings, such as *Sancti Gregorii magni, Romani Pontificis* and *Dialogorum libri quattuor*, are described in sources including the *Nordisk familjebok* and the *Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron*. He is included in the Popes collection.

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Born: ca. 540
Died: 604
Works: 187

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Sancti Gregorii magni, Romani Pontificis
Pastoralis cure liber diui Gregorii pape. In sole aureo vici sancti Jacobi Parnhisiis venalis habetur
La regola pastorale
Dialogorum libri quattuor
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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of birth: Rome
Place of death: Rome
Mother: Saint Silvia
Occupation: writer
Languages spoken: Latin
Religion: Catholic Church
Family: Anicia gens
Image: Pope Gregory I illustration.jpg
Work location: Rome
Residence: Rome
Religious order: Benedictines

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Commons category: Gregorius I Magnus
date of birth: 0540-00-00
date of death: 0604-03-12
canonization status: saint
Commons Creator page: Gregorius I Magnus
described by source: Wikitólica
topic's main category: Category:Pope Gregory I
place of burial: St. Peter's Basilica
name in native language: Gregorius PP. I
honorific prefix: Doctor of the Church
feast day: September 3
P6482: Gregory I
has works in the collection: J. Paul Getty Museum
diocese: Diocese of Rome
writing language: Latin
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
name: pape Grégoire
P12749: Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy
P13311: Afghanistan
subject has role: Pope

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Gregory I, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Heid. Hs. 3298,30

Homiliar, Fragment

Theologische Sammelhandschrift

Moralia sive Expositio in Iob. Libri I-XIX

Moralia sive Expositio in Iob. Libri XXI-XXXV

In expositionem Iob moralium libri XXIII-XXXV - Cod. Aug. pap. 66

Moralia in expositione Iob, pars III (libb. 11-16) - Cod. Aug. perg. 3

Gregorii M. expositio euangeliorum - Cod. Aug. perg. 259

Gregorii M. in Euangelia liber II - Cod. Aug. perg. 200

Gregorii M. homiliae in Evangelia - Cod. Aug. perg. 145

Liber regulae pastoralis - Cod. Aug. perg. 240

Dialogorum libri IV. Fragmentum [II 3, 8, 35; III 4, 7, 13-20, 24-28]

Moralia, bierna Expositio w Iob. Libri XVIII-XXXV

Dialogorum libri IV

Moralia sive Expositio in Iob. Libri XIX-XXXV

Sermones in Psalmum XC. Excerpta

Moralia sive Expositio in Iob. Libri I-V

Textus varii

Moralia. Libri I-XVI

Omelias that I fix the blessed Sant Gregorio (...) on the book of the holy Propheta Ezechiel [Manuscript]

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 36: Saint Benedict makes a lost sickle emerge from the water

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 65v: Exorcism of a house by Saint Datian, Bishop of Milan

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 48: Two distinguished nuns are punished for their high courage

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 84: Der heilige Quadragesimus erweckt einen Toten

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 20: The beggar at the table of Saint Boniface of Ferento is killed by a stone

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 52: Ein Gefäß füllt sich wunderbarerweise mit Öl

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 30: Saint Benedict repairs the sieve of his Amme by miracle

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 54v: Saint Benedict raising a peasant’s son

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 46: Two monks complain before Saint Benedict about the famine in the area

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 86: The monk Benedict is put into the oven by the soldiers of Totilas

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 23v: Saint Fortunatus, bishop of Tudertum, (Todi) healing an obsessed

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 71: Der heilige Sabinus, Bischof von Piacenza, beendet die Überschwemmung des Po

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 87v: The devil attaches the shoes to the priest Stephan

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 40v: Two repentant monks before Saint Benedict

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 45: Surrender of one of two vessels by exhilaratus to Saint Benedict; in the other there was a serpent

Ms 9916-17, Gregorius Magnus, Dialogi, fol. 49v: Saint Benedict makes the body of a young monk come to rest

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Encyclopedic overview

Pope Gregory I (Latin: Gregorius I; Gregorio I; c. 540 – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great (Latin: Sanctus Gregorius Magnus; Italian: San Gregorio Magno), was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 until his death on 12 March 604.

A Roman senator's son, and himself the prefect of Rome at 30, Gregory lived in a monastery that he established on his family estate before becoming a papal ambassador and then pope. During his papacy, his administration greatly surpassed that of the emperors Maurice and Theodosius in improving the welfare of the people of Rome. Gregory regained papal authority in Spain and France and sent missionaries to England, including Augustine of Canterbury and Paulinus of York. The realignment of barbarian allegiance to Rome from their Arian Christian alliances shaped medieval Europe. Gregory saw Franks, Lombards, and Visigoths align with Rome in religion. He also combated the Donatist heresy, popular particularly in North Africa at the time.

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