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Gregory I

Born

Rome, Italy, Byzantine Empire

Died

February 05, 0604

Genre

Religion

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born perhaps 540

From 590, Saint Gregory I the Great, known pope, increased authority, enforced rules of life for the clergy, and sponsored many notably important missionary expeditions of Saint Augustine of Canterbury in 596 to Britain.

Commonly vigilant Gregory guarded the doctrine of the Church. He founded numerous monasteries, including a school for the training of church musicians. He collected the melodies and plainsong, so associated and now Gregorian chants. In his time, he served as a monk, an abbot, and a leader of Italy. He also momentously influenced the Catholic Church through doctrine, organization, and discipline. People thought of his foremost skill in grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic in all Rome, Gregory of Tours tells us. G ...more

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	The Book of Pastoral Rule 4.17 avg rating — 738 ratings — published 600 — 144 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life and Miracles of St. Benedict (Book Two of the Dialogues) 4.21 avg rating — 302 ratings — published 590 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dialogues of Saint Gregory the Great (Christian Roman Empire Series) by Gregory I, Edmund G. Gardner 4.09 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 600 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Morals on the Book of Job by Gregory I, Paul A. Böer Sr. (Editor), Anonymous (Translator) 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 600 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forty Gospel Homilies (Volume 123) (Cistercian Studies Series) by Gregory I, David Hurst (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On the Song of Songs (Volume 244) (Cistercian Studies Series) by Gregory I, Mark DelCogliano (Translator) 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Top 7 Rules and Exercises of the Christian Faith: Didache, Rule of St Augustine, Rule of St Benedict, Book of Pastoral Rule, Rule of St Francis, Exercises of St Ignatius, Way of Perfection by Gregory I, Francis of Assisi, Ignatius of Loyola 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 1: Preface and Books 1-5 (Volume 249) (Cistercian Studies Series) by Gregory I, Mark DelCogliano (Introduction) 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moralia in Job: or Morals on the Book of Job, Vol. 1 - Parts 1 and 2 (Books 1-10) (Moralia in Job (Morals on the Book of Job)) 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2015 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parables of the Gospel by Gregory I, Nora Burke (Translator) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We make Idols of our concepts, but Wisdom is born of wonder”
― St. Gregory the Great

tags: catholic, catholicism, wisdom

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“There are some so restless that when they are free from labour they labour all the more, because the leisure they they have for thought, the worse interior turmoil they have to bear.”
― St. Gregory the Great

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“The bliss of the elect in heaven would not be perfect unless they were able to look across the abyss and enjoy the agonies of their brethren in eternal fire.”
― Pope Gregory I

tags: heaven, hell

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