Gregory I the Great

Gregorius Magnus

Biography

Gregory was born around 540. At the end of the 6th century, former prefect of the city (around 572-574) from the Senate nobility, he became a monk in Rome, founded monasteries, and represented Pope Pelagius II in Constantinople (579-585) on a difficult mission. He became pope on 3 September 590. A good administrator of the Church's property, he relieved the poor, established the temporal power of the papacy throughout Europe, and worked effectively on the evangelization of the barbarians. In 596 he sent Augustine of Canterbury to Great Britain. A Doctor of the Church, the influence of his writings in the Middle Ages was considerable. He died in 604.

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Gregory I the Great
Birth date ? (Rome)
Death date (Rome)
Activity Rome, Latium
Group of authors Italy (3rd-7th century)