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Pope Gregory I (Latin: Gregorius I; c. 540 – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. [1] [a] He is known for instituting the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregorian mission, to convert the then largely pagan Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. [2]
A collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II), to a beating by a jealous husband (Pope John XII). A number of other popes have died under circumstances that some believe to be murder, but for which definitive evidence has not been found. Martyr popes This list is incomplete ; you can help by ...
Bishop of Rome Pelagius II died of plague in February 590 and Pope Gregory I, then a deacon, was elected his successor. [1] Gregory was previously praefectus urbi before becoming a monk. [1] Gregory had previously served as an apocrisiarius, a kind of papal ambassador to the East Roman Empire, where he had likely been influenced by Byzantine ...
Supported by the Spanish. Shortest-reigning pope; died before coronation. Set the first known worldwide smoking ban, banning smoking in and near all churches. 229: 5 December 1590 – 16 October 1591 (315 days) Gregory XIV GREGORIVS Quartus Decimus: Niccolò Sfondrati 11 February 1535 Somma Lombardo, Lombardy, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire ...
Pope Paul III Farnese had four illegitimate children and made his illegitimate son Pier Luigi Farnese the first duke of Parma. This is a list of sexually active popes, Catholic priests who were not celibate before they became pope, and those who were legally married before becoming pope. Some candidates were allegedly sexually active before their election as pope, and others were thought to ...
The Pope's desired result was achieved: Justus made a serious repentance, and all the monks a serious examination of conscience. Justus then died, but the matter did not, for thirty days later Pope Gregory returned to the monastery filled with concern for Justus, who would now be suffering the grim temporal punishment of Purgatory's fire for ...
1216: The Order of Preachers (Dominican Order) founded by Dominic is approved as a body of Canons Regular by Pope Honorius III on December 22 (Pope Innocent III having died in July). 1229: Inquisition founded in response to the Cathar heresy, at the Council of Toulouse. 1231: Charter of the University of Paris granted by Pope Gregory IX.
Gregory I may refer to: Gregory the Illuminator (250s–330s), Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church in 288–325; Gregory of Nazianzus (329–390), Patriarch Gregory I of Constantinople, in office 379–381; Pope Gregory I (540–604), in office 590–604; Gregory I of Naples (died 755), r. 740–755; Gregory I, Patriarch of Bulgaria c ...