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Saint-Grégoire (other)
Saint-Grégoire or ''variation'', may refer: People *Pope Gregory I, also known as Saint Gregory/Saint Grégoire *Nicolas Saint Grégoire (born 1983), American-French artist Places Canada * Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, a community of the city of Bécancour, Quebec *Mont Saint-Grégoire, mountain in the Montérégie region of southern Quebec *Mont-Saint-Grégoire, Quebec, Canada; a municipality * Saint-Grégoire-de-Greenlay, Quebec, Canada; a village municipality France A commune in France: *Saint-Grégoire, Ille-et-Vilaine, in the Ille-et-Vilaine department *Saint-Grégoire, Tarn, in the Tarn department *Saint-Grégoire-d'Ardennes, in the Charente-Maritime department * Saint-Grégoire-du-Vièvre, in the Eure department See also *Knight of Saint-Grégoire *Gregoire (other) Gregoire is a surname and given name. Gregoire may also refer to: Places * Gregoire Lake (other) * Gregoire River, a river in Alberta, Canada * Lake Gregoire, a fluvial lake on the Faucher Ri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Gregory I
Pope Gregory I ( la, Gregorius I; – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. He is known for instigating the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregorian mission, to convert the then largely pagan Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Gregory is also well known for his writings, which were more prolific than those of any of his predecessors as pope. The epithet Saint Gregory the Dialogist has been attached to him in Eastern Christianity because of his ''Dialogues''. English translations of Eastern texts sometimes list him as Gregory "Dialogos", or the Anglo-Latinate equivalent "Dialogus". A Roman senator's son and himself the prefect of Rome at 30, Gregory lived in a monastery he established on his family estate before becoming a papal ambassador and then pope. Although he was the first pope from a monastic background, his prior political experiences may have helped him to be a talented administ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
