64th Bishop of Rome, Head of the Roman Catholic Church from 590 to 604

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Saint Gregory the Great: elected pope, he receives obeisance from the cardinals. Engraving by S.C. Miger, 1770, after C. van Loo.

Saint Gregory the Great enthroned on the right hand of Christ; above, the Holy Ghost. Etching by R. Eynhoudts after C. Schut, 16--.

Saint Gregory healing the sick (?). Etching by G. Vitalba after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino.

Saint Gregory the Great wearing papal dress is standing by the Tiber; Castel Sant'Angelo and Saint Peter's in Rome in the background. Engraving by A. Hogenberg after D. Teniers, 16--.

Saint Gregory, wearing papal costume, is seated at his desk writing his homilies. Engraving by Houatt and N. Bazin after A. Dieu, 17--.

Saint Fina being foretold of her death by Saint Gregory the Great. Chromolithograph after D. Ghirlandaio, 1475.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) in glory with Saint Gregory and Saint Benedict. Chromolithograph by C. Schultz, 1880, after Fattorini after B. Betti, il Pintoricchio.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Antony the Great, Saint Elisabeth or Saint Anne, Saint Gregory the Great and an angel. Engraving by J. Frey, 1739, after A. Balestra.

Saint Gregory, as pope; Rome in the background. Engraving by P. Cool after M. de Vos.

The relic of the Benedictine monastery of Andechs; a host consacrated by Gregory the Great appears above the monastery, sheds its blessing on female representations of four cCatholic German states and sends flashes of lightning against Hunger, Plague and War; on the sides, Pope Gregory the Great (with beard) and an unidentified Pope saint. Engraving by J. and J. Klauber.

Saint Gregory, doubting the stigmata of Saint Francis, sees in a dream Saint Francis filling a chalice with his blood. Engraving by B. Picart, 1732.

Saint Gregory the Great, wearing ecclesiastical dress and supported by two angels, is kneeling in prayer; angels above him. Etching by J. Ballin (?) after A. Carracci, 16--.

Gregor der Grosse und die Krankheit / von Achim Thomas Hack.

Saint Gregory the Great, wearing ecclesiastical dress and supported by two angels, is kneeling in prayer; angels above him. Engraving by J. Frey, 1733, after Annibale Carracci.

Saint Gregory the Great, dictating his homilies on the prophet Ezechiel, is visited by the Holy Ghost. Engraving by L.A. Martinet, 1770, after C. van Loo.

Saint Jerome, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (?), Saint Dominic Guzman, Saint Clare, Saint Gregory the Great, Saint Ambrose and Saint Augustine of Hippo. Engraving by S.A. Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.

A warning to Great-Britain, in a sermon preach'd at several churches in and about London, upon the spreading of the plague in France, and now publish'd for the benefit of others ... To which is added an appendix, containing an historical account of all the remarkable plagues, pestilences, and famines thro' the world ... with a large and particular description of that at Marseilles and other cities of France ... The whole is ended with Pope Gregory's sermon, preach'd at Rome in the year 590, when a pestilence destroy'd most of the citizens / By James Paterson, A.M.

Dialogi. Vita. [In Italian] / [Gregory I].

Dialogorum libri quatuor / [Gregory I].

Dialogi. Vita.

Dialogorum libri quatuor.

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Gregory I

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Dialogi. Vita. [In Italian] / [Gregory I].

Dialogorum libri quatuor / [Gregory I].

Dialogi. Vita.

Dialogorum libri quatuor.

Gregory I

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Images featuring Gregory I

Works from the collections

Dialogi. Vita. [In Italian] / [Gregory I].

Dialogorum libri quatuor / [Gregory I].

Dialogi. Vita.

Dialogorum libri quatuor.

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