Skip to content
Saint for a Minute
Detail of A Stained Glass Window of Pope Saint Gregory The Great By Syrius Eberle Date Unknown Parish Church of Saint Benedict In Odelzhausen Dachau Bayern Germany Photographed On 17 October 2015 By Gfreihalter
Detail of A Stained Glass Window of Pope Saint Gregory The Great By Syrius Eberle Date Unknown Parish Church of Saint Benedict In Odelzhausen Dachau Bayern Germany Photographed On 17 October 2015 By Gfreihalter

Pope Saint Gregory The Great

Also known as: Gregory I; Gregory Dialogos; Gregory the Dialogist; Father of the Fathers; Gregorius I Magnus

Saint
Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

September 3

Died

March 12, 604

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Biography

Pope Saint Gregory the Great, also known as Gregory I, Gregory Dialogos, Gregory the Dialogist, Father of the Fathers, and Gregorius I Magnus, was born around the year 540 in Rome, Italy. He came from a noble family, being the son of Gordianus, a Roman regionarius, and Saint Silvia of Rome. He was the nephew of Saint Emiliana and Saint Tarsilla and the great-grandson of Pope Saint Felix III....

Know of a grace or miracle attributed to Pope Saint Gregory The Great?

Report a Grace or Miracle