As instructed by the Second Vatican Council, celebrates Saint Gregory the Great on 3 September
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Pope Gregory I, commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 until his death on 12 March 604.
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culture · 64th Bishop of Rome; head of the Roman Catholic Church from AD 590 to 604 · diplomat · Latin Catholic priest · writer · Doctor of the Church · monk · also Gregory I, Pope Gregory I, Saint Gregorius Magnus, St Gregory I, Saint Gregory the Dialogist, Saint Gregory the Great
Born 30 November 0540 · Died 12 March 0604 · Q42827
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As instructed by the Second Vatican Council, celebrates Saint Gregory the Great on 3 September
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Celebration of Saint Gregory's feast day was made practically impossible, as John XXIII's reforms forbade the full observance of most feasts during Lent, during which 12 March invariably falls
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“s mother. In England, Gregory (along with Augustine of Canterbury) is revered as the apostle of the land and the source of the nation”
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Died 0604-03-12.
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“There are some so restless that when they are free from labour they labour all the more, because the more leisure they they have for thought, the worse interior turmoil they have to bear.”
“Chociaż umarł, dotąd przemawia.”
Career landmark: Pope (0590–0604).
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Born 0540-11-30.
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