Saint Gregory the Great (0540–0604)
Author of Pastoral Care
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
Image credit: Pope St. Gregory I by Master Theodorich of Prague, c. 1370.
Series
Works by Saint Gregory the Great
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Volume 13: Gregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat (1956) — Author — 295 copies, 1 review
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)) (2012) 23 copies
Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 6: Books 28–35 (Volume 261) (Cistercian Studies Series) (2022) 7 copies
The Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts of Our Father Among the Saints Gregory the Dialogist: Slavonic-English Parallel Text (2008) — Author — 7 copies
Saints of the First Monasteries 5 copies
Omelie su Ezechiele libro primo — Author — 5 copies
Diàlegs. 4 copies
Teologia trinitaria. Contro Eunomio. Confutazione della professione di fede di Eunomio (1994) 3 copies
Che cos'è l'ortodossia: capitoli, scritti ascetici, lettere, omelie: testo greco a fronte (2006) 3 copies
Moralia: passi scelti (2 volumi) 3 copies
Opere di Gregorio Magno 2 copies
Homilas sobre los evangelios 2 copies
La regola pastorale 2 copies
Moralia II 2 copies
OPERE DI GREGORIO MAGNO. VOL. 6-7 2 copies
Moralia I 2 copies
Vida de San Benito. 1 copy
Vida de Sant Benet 1 copy
Obras de San Gregorio Magno 1 copy
LAS PARÁBOLAS DEL EVANGELIO 1 copy
Omelie 1 copy
Voda de SantBenito Abad 1 copy
Vida de San Benito 1 copy
Omelie su Ezechiele/2 1 copy
Gregory the Great. 1 copy
Omelie su Ezechiele/1 1 copy
Diàlegs; II 1 copy
Obras 1 copy
Libro de conservar sanitate: volgarizzamento veneto trecentesco — Author — 1 copy
Moralia Vol. I-II 1 copy
PROFILO DEL VESCOVO 1 copy
Lettere 1 copy
San Benedetto. Fioretti 1 copy
San Benedetto 1 copy
Règle pastorale II 1 copy
La Regola pastorale 1 copy
Frammenti 1 copy
Profilo del vescovo 1 copy
Epistole ex Registro 1 copy
San Benedetto 1 copy
Libros morales: Libros I-V 1 copy
Associated Works
The Company of Preachers: Wisdom on Preaching, Augustine to the Present (2002) — Contributor — 199 copies, 2 reviews
The Divine Office, Volume 1: Daily Prayer for Advent, Christmastide and Weeks 1-9 (1974) — Contributor — 197 copies, 1 review
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume II Lenten Season and Easter Season) (1974) — Contributor — 189 copies
The Liturgy of the Hours According to the Roman Rite (Volume III: The Weeks of the Year 6 - 34) (1974) — Contributor — 70 copies
Witness of the Saints: Patristic Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours (2012) — Contributor — 29 copies, 1 review
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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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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. show less
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. show less
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.
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.
Lido em junho 24, excelente
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