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Saint Gregory the Great (0540–0604)

Author of Pastoral Care

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About the Author

Gregory, who became pope in 590, oversaw great changes in the church. He was an able pastor and theologian, a promoter of monasticism, and, most significantly, a reformer of the Western church who expanded the prestige and the authority of the papacy. Most of his activities were concerned with the show more practical shape of the Christian life. He made important changes in the liturgy; wrote an influential treatise, "Pastoral Rule," that set out directives for the pastoral life of a bishop; developed a doctrine of purgatory; wrote treatises, such as his Morals on the Book of Job, that contributed to monastic spirituality. He also promoted the conversion of the Arian Visogoths to Catholicism, initiated the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons in England, and reformed the administration and expenditure of the revenues of the landed estates that supported orphanages, schools, and hospitals. Notwithstanding the great influence that Gregory had on the church as it entered into the Middle Ages, he is remembered for his humility. He rejected the suggestion of the patriarch of Constantinople to style himself the "Universal Patriarch"; rather, he referred to himself as "the servant of the servants of God." (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Image credit: Pope St. Gregory I by Master Theodorich of Prague, c. 1370.

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Works by Saint Gregory the Great

Pastoral Care (1978) 823 copies
Forty Gospel Homilies (1990) 73 copies
Morals on the Book of Job (2012) 21 copies
La regola pastorale (1981) 18 copies
San Benito su vida y su regla (2009) — Author — 13 copies, 1 review
Father, We Praise Thee (2022) 13 copies
Morales sur Job (1989) 12 copies
Parables of the Gospel (2023) 12 copies
Pastoral Practice (1998) — Author — 10 copies, 1 review
Storie di santi e di diavoli (Dialoghi III-IV) (2005) — Author — 8 copies
Regra Pastoral de Gregório Magno (2010) 7 copies, 1 review
Omelie sui Vangeli 6 copies, 1 review
Homélies sur Ezéchiel, livre 2 (1986) — Author — 5 copies
Registre des lettres 1** (1991) 5 copies
Omelie su Ezechiele libro primo — Author — 5 copies
Libros morales #2 (1998) 5 copies
Diàlegs (1989) 5 copies, 1 review
Diàlegs. 4 copies
DIÀLEGS II (1991) 4 copies, 1 review
Diàlegs, volum I (1989) 3 copies
Diàlegs; I (1988) 3 copies
Diàlegs. (1989) 3 copies
La regla pastoral (2002) 2 copies
Vida de sant Benet (2003) 2 copies, 2 reviews
Dialegs. Volum I (1931) 2 copies
Vida de San Benito Abad (1990) 2 copies
Dialoghi: 4 (2000) 2 copies
Moralia II 2 copies
Moralia I 2 copies
DIALEGS -VOLUM 1 1 copy, 1 review
Omelie 1 copy
Diàlegs; II 1 copy
Obras 1 copy
Lettere 1 copy
Lettere scelte (2010) 1 copy
Benet, l'home de Déu (2025) 1 copy
Règle pastorale I (1992) 1 copy
Frammenti 1 copy
Vida de São Bento (0594) 1 copy

Associated Works

The Sources of Catholic Dogma (1854) — Contributor — 698 copies, 15 reviews
Early Christian Lives (Penguin Classics) (1998) — Contributor — 457 copies, 3 reviews
Faith of the Early Fathers, Volume 3 (1979) — Contributor — 368 copies
The Penguin Book of Hell (2018) — Contributor — 273 copies, 5 reviews
The Company of Preachers: Wisdom on Preaching, Augustine to the Present (2002) — Contributor — 199 copies, 2 reviews
The Penguin Book of Dragons (2021) — Contributor — 179 copies
Faith of the Early Fathers [3-volume set] (1970) — Contributor — 129 copies, 2 reviews
The Penguin Book of Demons (2024) — Contributor — 77 copies, 2 reviews

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name
Saint Gregory the Great
Other names
Pope Gregory I
Gregory I
Pope Saint Gregory I
Pope Saint Gregory the Great
Gregory Dialogus
St. Gregory the Dialogist
Birthdate
0540
Date of death
0604-03-12
Gender
male
Occupations
Pope
Organizations
Roman Catholic Church
See of Peter
Awards and honors
Doctor of the Church
Short biography
Pope Gregory I (Latin: Gregorius I; c. 540 – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was Pope from 3 September 590 to his death in 604. Gregory is well known for his writings, which were more prolific than those of any of his predecessors as pope. He is also known as St. Gregory the Dialogist in Eastern Orthodoxy because of his Dialogues. For this reason, English translations of Orthodox texts will sometimes list him as "Gregory Dialogus".
Nationality
Italy
Birthplace
Rome, Italy
Places of residence
Rome, Italy
Place of death
Rome, Italy
Burial location
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Associated Place (for map)
Rome, Italy

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Reviews

19 reviews
Conhecedor das necessidades materiais e espirituais de sua grei, administrador e reformador, Gregório mostrou-se como verdadeiro pastor. Não gratuitamente, tornou-se Magno (Magnus, Grande). Suas homilias e cartas apontam quão atento foi a seus fiéis, a seu povo, com os quais mantinha contato direto. Seu modo de atuar revela sua plena e humilde consciência de falar e agir em nome do único Pastor, com o qual os pastores devem se identificar. Sua preocupação pastoral é notável em show more muitos de seus textos. E a Regra Pastoral enquadra-se aí.

A primeira, a segunda e a quarta partes da obra tratam do pastor em si, e a terceira - não desconexa das outras -, de sua atividade. A leitura atenta faz notar que regra não se refere tanto a normas, a preceitos, mas, sim, a modo de vida. Este livro é, portanto, uma descrição do dinamismo entre o ser e o agir do pastor - a quem foi destinada, mesmo se não exclusivamente -, o que a faz uma publicação de grande atualidade e utilidade, não só para ministros ordenados, mas para todos os envolvidos em atividades pastorais.
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This is such a lovely story. The miracles go too far for me, but they illustrate a man who lived for God and for others.
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A forty homilies, in original Latin text and in Italian translation, collection , pronounced by Pope Gregory the Great, in different principal churches of Rome, at the end of VI century, when the city was menaced by Longobards. Ever sometimes difficult for nowadays mentality, it's a masterpiece in his genre and many of the homilies are still interesting and effective.

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