Saint Gregory the Great
Pope and Doctor of the Church

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Feastday: September 2
604

St. Gregory, born at Rome about the year 540, was the son of Gordianus, a wealthy senator, who later renounced the world and became one of the seven deacons of Rome. After he had acquired the usual thorough education, Emperor Justin the Younger appointed him, in 574, Chief Magistrate of Rome, though he was only thirty-four years of age.

After the death of his father, he built six monasteries in Sicily and founded a seventh in his own house in Rome, which became the Benedictine Monastery of St. Andrew. Here, he himself assumed the monastic habit in 575, at the age of thirty-five.

After the death of Pelagius, St. Gregory was chosen Pope by the unanimous consent of priests and people. Now began those labors which merited for him the title of Great. His zeal extended over the entire known world, he was in contact with all the Churches of Christendom and, in spite of his bodily sufferings, and innumerable labors, he found time to compose a great number of works. He is known above all for his magnificent contributions to the Liturgy of the Mass and Office. He is one of the four great Doctors of the Latin Church. He died March 12, 604. He is the patron of teachers.

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15 Comments

Tom Lindenmayer
June 5th, 2008 8:55 pm
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September 16th, 2008 11:37 am
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November 30th, 2008 4:29 pm
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March 14th, 2009 7:37 pm
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umesh prasad singh
May 21st, 2009 3:32 am
catholicity in catholicism projected in Gregory the great is a symbolic article of candid faith in spirituality.
umesh prasad singh
May 21st, 2009 4:44 am
saint gregory the great represents the catholicity of catholicism for universality.
Captain Bob
July 2nd, 2009 8:04 pm
awesome
saint on earth
March 21st, 2010 2:18 am
awesome
wheels
May 18th, 2010 10:39 am
Wonderful, I only wish the entry was longer. God bless you.
Joachim
September 2nd, 2010 2:53 am
Gregory is awesome. Entry could be larger, but then it would be a book.
Ron Mulvaney
September 2nd, 2010 2:22 pm
I agree with the observations of many of your readers. The article is awesome and could be longer. But, no, it wouldn't have to be a book.
Colin
September 2nd, 2010 6:08 pm
Dear Saint Gregory The Great, please pray for the soul of our dear brother brother Terry whose birthday is today, your feast day. That he may soon join you and the community of Saints in the glory of God in Heaven
Joseph Mathew
September 2nd, 2010 11:37 pm
A great pope and a great man! Please pray for me so that at least a shadow of your greatness falls upon me in discerning and obeying the will of God.
El-Elohim-Israel
September 2nd, 2010 11:40 pm
Amen+ God is Love. Love is endless. Endless is endless. Who are the Philistines? You know.Amen! 99
gregory
September 3rd, 2010 12:43 am
isn't the feast on 3rd sept???

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