Chronology of Pope Gregory the Great
(Also St. Gregory; Pope Gregory I)
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540 Gregory born.
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573 Gregory was appointed Praefectus Urbi (Prefect
of the city of Rome).
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575 Gregory founded the Monastery
of St. Andrew.
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578 Pope Benedict I appointed Gregory one of the seven
Regionarii (deacons) of Rome.
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579 Gregory was sent by Pope Pelagius II as
apocrisiarus (residential ambassador)to the Imperial court in
Constantinople.
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586 Gregory returned to Rome and become abbot to the
Monastery of St. Andrew.
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590 Gregory became Pope (consecrated on the 3th of
September)
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593 Gregory wrote the four books of Dialogues.
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596 Gregory sent Augustine and other monks to
evangelize the English.
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604 Gregory died (12th of March).
Relevant web sites
The Life of Saint Gregory
the Great
St.
Gregory the Great
The Holiness of
Gregory
Selected Writings of Gregory the Great (on the web)
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