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Gregory I
noun
- Saint Gregory the Great, a.d. c540–604, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 590–604.
Gregory I
noun
- Gregory I, Saint?540604MItalianRELIGION: popeRELIGION: saint Saint, known as Gregory the Great. ?540–604 ad , pope (590–604), who greatly influenced the medieval Church. He strengthened papal authority by centralizing administration, tightened discipline, and revised the liturgy. He appointed Saint Augustine missionary to England. Feast day: March 12 or Sept 3
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There was a famous system of choral chanting under Pope Gregory I., and in the eleventh century part singing was introduced.
Popes like Gregory I. praised the institution and promoted its interest in every possible way.
Pope Gregory I. frequently preached with great earnestness, although his successors did not follow his example.
Gregory I. was born at Rome in 540 of a rich, pious, senatorial family.
Pope Gregory I. has reduced to nine choirs—to nine hierarchies or orders—the ten choirs of angels acknowledged by the Jews.
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