Saint Gregory the Great (0540–0604)

Author of Pastoral Care

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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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Moral Reflections on the Book of Job

Works by Saint Gregory the Great

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Pastoral Care (1978) 661 copies

Life and Miracles of St. Benedict (Book Two of the Dialogues) (1949) 319 copies

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Volume 13: Gregory the Great, Ephraim Syrus, Aphrahat (1956) — Author — 251 copies

Dialogues of St. Gregory the Great (1959) 93 copies

Forty Gospel Homilies (1564) 69 copies

The Homilies of Saint Gregory the Great on the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel (1990) 41 copies

Be Friends of God: Spiritual Reading from Gregory the Great (1990) 30 copies

Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 1 (2014) 23 copies

Storie di santi e di diavoli : (dialoghi) (2005) 21 copies

Morals on the Book of Job (1844) 20 copies

Morals on the Book of Job, Volume 1 (2012) 17 copies

La regola pastorale (1981) 16 copies

Morals on the Book of Job, Volume 2 (2012) 15 copies

Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 3 (2016) 15 copies

Morals on the Book of Job, Volume 3 (2012) 13 copies

The Letters of Gregory the Great (3 Volume set) (Mediaeval Sources in Translation) (1781) 13 copies

Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 2 (2015) 13 copies

The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts (1978) 13 copies

On the Song of Songs (Cistercian Studies) (2012) 12 copies

San Benito Su vida y su regla (2009) — Author — 11 copies

Pastoral Practice: Books 3 and 4 of the Regula Pastoralis (1998) — Author — 9 copies

Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 4 (2017) 9 copies

Storie di santi e di diavoli (dialoghi), Libri III-IV (2005) — Author — 8 copies

The Life of Our Most Holy Father Saint Benedict (1980) 8 copies

Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 5 (2019) 8 copies

King Alfred's West-Saxon Version of Gregory's Pastoral Care: With an English translation, the Latin text, notes and an… (1999) 8 copies

Father, We Praise Thee (2022) 7 copies

Commentaire sur le Cantique des cantiques (Sources chrétiennes) (French Edition) (1984) 7 copies

Parables of the Gospel (1960) 7 copies

Omelie sui Vangeli 5 copies

Saint Gregory the Great Collection: 3 Books (2016) 5 copies

Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 6: Books 28–35 (Volume 261) (Cistercian Studies Series) (2022) 4 copies

Morales sur Job (1989) 4 copies

Omelie sui Vangeli. Regola pastorale (2017) 3 copies

Omelie su Ezechiele 3 copies

What are Gregorian Masses? 3 copies

The life and miracles of St. Benedict 3 copies

Moralia: passi scelti (2 volumi) 3 copies

Selected epistles of Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome ... 3 copies

3: 5.-6. (2007) 3 copies

Diàlegs. 1 (1988) 3 copies

Dialegs I (031-032) (1931) 2 copies

São Bento: Vida e Milagres (2005) 2 copies

A Library of Fathers of the Holy Catholic Church Anterior to the Division of East and West: St. Gregory the Great,… (2010) 2 copies

Sancti Gregorii Magni Homiliae in Hiezechihelem prophetam 2 copies

Des Heiligen Papstes und Kirchenlehrers Gregor des Grossen Buch der Pastoralregel 2 copies

Omelie su Ezechiele libro primo 2 copies

Che cos'è l'ortodossia. Capitoli, scritti ascetici, lettere, omelie (2006) 2 copies

2: Gregorio 16., Pio 9., 1831-1878 (1994) 2 copies

Homélies sur Ezéchiel, livre 2 (1986) 2 copies

OPERE DI GREGORIO MAGNO. VOL. 6-7 2 copies

Registre des lettres (1991) 2 copies

Opere di Gregorio Magno 2 copies

The dialogues of Saint Gregory, surnamed the Great; pope of Rome & the first of that name 2 copies

Teologia trinitaria. Contro Eunomio. Confutazione della professione di fede di Eunomio (1994) 2 copies

Sancti Gregorii Magni expositiones : in Canticum canticorum, in librum primum Regum 2 copies

Kraft in der Schwachheit (Reihe Klassiker der Meditation) (German Edition) (1982) 2 copies

The Dialogues of St. Gregory the Great 2 copies

Il primo libro delle Omelie sui Vangeli 2 copies

Vita di san Benedetto: dal 2. libro dei "Dialoghi" (latino-italiano) 1 copy

Frammenti 1 copy

Obras 1 copy

Profilo del vescovo 1 copy

Saint Benedict ... being a new translation of the second book of the Dialogues by Abbot Justin McCann. (Second… 1 copy

Sancti Gregorii Papae I, cognomento Magni, opera omnia : iam olim ad manuscriptos codices Romanos, Gallicanos,… 1 copy

La leggenda di San Benedetto di Gregorio Magno, con aggiunta la regola di san Benedetto 1 copy

Omelie su Ezechiele libro secondo - Vol. XVIII (Collana di Testi Patristici) 1 copy

Saint Gregory Nazianzen: Selected Poems (2019) 1 copy

Libros morales: Libros I-V 1 copy

Pastoral de San Gregorio, Papa 1 copy

Vida de São Bento; Regra de São Bento 1 copy

San Benedetto - fioretti - pref. di Piero Bargellini 1 copy

The Divine Liturgy Of The Presanctified Of St. Gregory The Dialogist (1918) (2008) 1 copy

Vida de San Benito. 1 copy

Las morales del Papa San Gregorio Magno 1 copy

Parábolas do Evangelho: Para Melhor Entender as Verdades do Reino de Deus 1 copy

Homilías sobre los Evangelios 1 copy

Part 2: Gregory the Great; Ephraim Syrus; Aphrahat. 1 copy

Diàlegs 1 copy

Diàlegs; II 1 copy

Vida de Sant Benet 1 copy

San Benedetto 1 copy

Dialogues, tome 1 : introduction, bibliographie et cartes (1978) 1 copy

Gregory the Great. 1 copy

Épistres choisies de saint Grégoire le Grand. [Trad. par L.-H. Pardaillan de Gondrin, publ. par J. Boileau] 1 copy

Gregory the Great: On the Song of Songs (Cistercian Studies) by Pope Gregory (2012-04-01) 1 copy

Moralia I e II. Passi Scelti (2 Volumi) 1 copy

Vita di San Benedetto e La regola: in appendice, discorsi di Giovanni Paolo II per il XV centenario della nascita (1975) 1 copy

Epistole ex Registro 1 copy

The Life of St. Gregory and his Dialogues. Fragments of an Icelandic Manuscript from the 13th century. Edited by Hreinn… 1 copy

Gregor XV. [der Ffzehnte] (1621 - 1623) : Urban VIII. (1623 - 1644), erster Teil 1 copy

I dialoghi di s. Gregorio Magno 1 copy

Libro de conservar sanitate: volgarizzamento veneto trecentesco — Author — 1 copy

Libru de lu dialagu di sanctu Gregoriu: volgarizzamento siciliano del sec. 14. 1 copy

Vita di san Benedetto abate, patrono d'Europa e la sua Regola di vita sociale 1 copy

Incipit lib[er] Regule pastoral[is] Gregorij Pape ad Ioha[n]e[m] Archiep[iscopu]m Raue[n]ne[n]se[m] : Prolog[us] 1 copy

1: 1.-3., 37 (2007) 1 copy

2: 3., 38-4. (2007) 1 copy

Corpus iuris canonici Gregorii XIII Pont. Max. Jussu Editum: a Petro Pithoeo, et Francisco Fratre, Juriconsultis, ad… 1 copy

The master key of destiny, containing invaluable rules based upon the secret teachings of the ancient Egyptians… (1924) 1 copy

Opera D. Gregorii, Nysseni Episcopi ... De Graeco in Latinvm sermonem conuersa, studio potissimum atque opera Lavrentii… 1 copy

Christus patiens : tragoedia christiana, quae inscribi solet 1 copy

Selected Epistles of Gregory the Great. Bishop of Rome (Books 9 - 14).Hymns and Homilies of Ephiraim Syrian. Nineteen… 1 copy

Commentaire sur le premier livre des Rois (1989) 1 copy

S. Gregorii Magni Moralia in Job 1 copy

Vita di san Benedetto. Commentata da Adalbert de Vogüé (2009) 1 copy

The Dialogues of St. Gregory the Great, etc. [Reprinted from the edition, translated by P. W. [i.e. Philip Woodward.]… 1 copy

San Benedetto 1 copy

Dialoghi: 4 (2000) 1 copy

Lettere scelte (2010) 1 copy

Vita di San Benedetto - La Regola 1 copy

Règle pastorale II 1 copy

Règle pastorale I (1992) 1 copy

The Life of Our Most Holy Father St Benedict: Being the Second Book of the Dialogues of St Gregory the Great with the… (2014) 1 copy

Gregorius Magnus Expositiones in Canticum canticorum, in librum primum Regum. 1 copy

DIALOGUES OF GREGORY THE GREAT BOOK II: SAINT BENEDICT 1 copy

The Book of Pastoral Rule and Selected Epistles of Pope St. Gregory I (The Great) 1 copy

Moralia, sive Expositio in Job 1 copy

Moralia in Iob / S. Gregorii Magni ; cvra et stvdio Marci Adriaen 1 copy

jsto[rum] libro[rum] q[ua]tuor dyalogo[rum] beati gregorij pape in hoc [con]sistit effect[us] compe[n]diose… 1 copy

Liber q[ua]draginta omeliaru[m] b[ea]ti Gregorii Pape de diuersis lectionibus euangelii 1 copy

[Registrum epistularum. English] The letters of Gregory the Great. 1 copy

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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
Burial location: St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
Gender: male
Nationality: Italy
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Place of death: Rome, Italy
Places of residence: Rome, Italy
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".