Events Tagged: "Gregory"

St. Gregory Nazianzus in Constantinople - brilliant orations restore Nicene faith, called 'The Theologian'

St. Gregory of Nyssa writes mystical theology - Cappadocian Father, develops apophatic theology

Gregory becomes Bishop of Tours - begins writing 'History of the Franks', primary source for Merovingian period

Pelagius II becomes sixty-third pope - seeks help against Lombards, dies of plague, ordains Gregory

Dragon washed up after Tiber flood - enormous dragon corpse found after flood, followed by plague, Gregory the Great leads processions

Pope Gregory writes Dialogues - Book II on St. Benedict spreads Benedictine ideal throughout Church

Sabinian becomes sixty-fifth pope - criticized for selling grain unlike generous Gregory