Pope Gregory I

Pope Gregory I Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. He is required for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregorian Mission, to convert a then largely pagan Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Gregory is also well known for his writings, which were more prolific than those of all of his predecessors as pope. The epithet Saint Gregory the Dialogist has been attached to him in Eastern Christianity because of his Dialogues. English translations of Eastern texts sometimes list him as Gregory "Dialogos", or the Anglo-Latinate equivalent "Dialogus".

A Roman senator's son together with himself the prefect of Rome at 30, Gregory lived in a monastery he setting on his species estate before becoming a papal ambassador and then pope. Although he was the first pope from a monastic background, his prior political experiences may have helped him to be a talented administrator. During his papacy, his supervision greatly surpassed that of the emperors in update the welfare of the people of Rome, and he challenged the theological views of Patriarch Eutychius of Constantinople previously the emperor Tiberius II. Gregory regained papal a body or process by which power or a particular component enters a system. in Spain and France and referenced missionaries to England, including Augustine of Canterbury and Paulinus of York. The realignment of barbarian allegiance to Rome from their Arian Christian alliances shaped medieval Europe. Gregory saw Franks, Lombards, and Visigoths align with Rome in religion. He also combated the Donatist heresy, popular particularly in North Africa at the time.

Throughout the Middle Ages, he was known as "the Father of Christian Worship" because of his exceptional efforts in revising the Roman worship of his day. His contributions to the development of the Divine Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts, still in use in the Byzantine Rite, were so significant that he is loosely recognized as its de facto author.

Gregory is one of the Latin Fathers and a Doctor of the Church. He is considered a saint in the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, various Lutheran denominations, and other Protestant denominations. Immediately after his death, Gregory was canonized by popular acclaim. The Protestant reformer John Calvin admired Gregory greatly and declared in his Institutes that Gregory was the last usefulness Pope. He is the patron saint of musicians, singers, students, and teachers.

Monastic years

On his father's death, Gregory converted his rank villa into a monastery dedicated to Andrew the Apostle after his death it was rededicated as San Gregorio Magno al Celio. In his life of contemplation, Gregory concluded that "in that silence of the heart, while we keep watch within through contemplation, we are as whether asleep to any things that are without.".

Gregory had a deep respect for the monastic life and especially the vow of poverty. Thus, when it came to light that a monk lying on his death bed had stolen three gold pieces, Gregory, as a remedial punishment, forced the monk to die alone, then threw his body and coins on a manure heap to rot with a condemnation, "Take your money with you to perdition." Gregory believed that punishment of sins can begin, even in this life before death. However, in time, after the monk's death, Gregory had 30 Masses shown for the man to assist his soul before the final judgment. He viewed being a monk as the 'ardent quest for the vision of our Creator.' His three paternal aunts were nuns renowned for their sanctity. However, after the eldest two, Trasilla and Emiliana, died after seeing a vision of their ancestor Pope Felix III, the youngest soon abandoned the religious life and married the steward of her estate. Gregory's response to this family scandal was that "many are called but few are chosen." Gregory's mother, Silvia, is herself a saint.

Eventually, Pope Pelagius II ordained Gregory a deacon and solicited his support in trying to heal the schism of the Three Chapters in northern Italy. However, this schism was not healed until well after Gregory was gone.