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Through folk etymology, the name also became associated with Latin grex (stem greg–) meaning "flock" or "herd". This association with a shepherd who diligently guides his flock contributed to the name's popularity among monks and popes. Sixteen popes and two antipopes have used the name Gregorius, starting with Pope Gregory I (Gregory
Grigorios or Gregorios (Greek: Γρηγόριος “watchful; alert; awake”, from ἐγρήγορᾰ), and the variant Grigoris (Γρηγόρης), are the Greek forms of the name Gregory. It can refer to: Grigoris (catholicos), 4th-century catholicos of Caucasian Albania and martyr; Grigorios Argyrokastritis (died 1828), Archbishop of Athens
Gregory of Valencia was born in Medina del Campo around 1549–50. He received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Salamanca, where he undertook the Jesuit novitiate in 1565. In 1567, he went on to study theology at Salamanca, where through his instructor, Mancio, he became interested in the theological renewal movement initiated by ...
He later declared Rabassa's translation to be superior to the Spanish original. [7] He received the PEN Translation Prize in 1977 and the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation in 1982. Rabassa was honored with the Gregory Kolovakos Award from PEN American Center for the expansion of Hispanic Literature to an English-language audience in 2001 ...
Greg is a masculine given name, and often a shortened form of the given name Gregory. Greg (sometimes spelled " Gregg ") is also a surname. People with the name
4. Francisco. The name Francisco means “Frenchman” or “free man.”It is the Spanish cognate of the name Francis. Babies named Francisco are often nicknamed Frank, Frankie, Paco, Paquito ...
Gregory, whose birth name was Benjamin Hertzberg, played Brian Tanner on "ALF," which ran for four seasons from 1986 to 1990 as a staple of NBC's Monday night prime-time lineup. Benji Gregory as a ...
Grischa (alternatively spelled Grisha or Gricha) is a short form for the name Gregory or Grigorij, and sometimes for the name Georgi as well, used in Russia and some other Slavic countries, including Ukraine and Bulgaria. The "sha" ending is a typical short form in the Russian language for names. Other such short forms include Natasha for ...