Gregory the Great


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Related to Gregory the Great: Augustine of Hippo, Charlemagne
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Noun1.Gregory the Great - (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604)
Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
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As for the observation that Machiavel hath, that the jealousy of sects, doth much extinguish the memory of things; traducing Gregory the Great, that he did what in him lay, to extinguish all heathen antiquities; I do not find that those zeals do any great effects, nor last long; as it appeared in the succession of Sabinian, who did revive the former antiquities.
The story is famous of how Pope Gregory the Great, struck by the beauty of certain Angle slave-boys at Rome, declared that they ought to be called not
Cash from ticket sales will support causes across the region, including the refurbishment of St Gregory the Great car park where dance classes are held.
In Albay, they will pray at Saint Gregory the Great Cathedral in Legazpi City, Saint Lawrence the Martyr Parish in Tiwi, Saints Joachim and Anne Parish in Malinao, Saint Joseph the Baptist in Tabaco City, Saint Dominic in Santo Domingo, Saint Padre Pio Shrine, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and Nuestra Senora De La Porteria after a visit to the Cagsawa Ruins.
Pope Gregory the Great, after whom the Pontifical Gregorian University was named.
Eileen graduated from Saint Gregory the Great Catholic School in Chicago, where she starred in women's basketball and remained close to her teammates for nearly 70 years.
Augustine was the Prior of the Monastery of St Andrew in Rome when the then Pope, Gregory the Great, suggested to him that he led a group of forty or so monks who were journeying to England to re-energise the Church in this country.
During the brief hearing, magistrates were told police were called by a witness who had driven past the scene, opposite Asda and outside the St Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Victoria Road.
In 2015, he became a priest at Our Lady's and St Gregory the Great, in Lydiate.
Gregory the Great Parish in Chicago, the Godons found a positive way to channel their grief.
Until the 11th century, people living in the Christian West used Gregory the Great's Seven Cardinal Sins as their compass for moral conduct, rather than the Ten Commandments, which, after all, concerned Jews not Christians.
Gregory the Great: Ascetic, Pastor, and First Man of Rome.