Dialogues (Pope Gregory I)

The Dialogues (Latin: Dialogi) of Gregory the Great is a collection of four books of miracles, signs, wonders, and healings done by the holy men of sixth-century Italy.

Miniature of Gregory the Great writing, from a 12th-century copy of his Dialogues

Summary

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Writing in Latin in a time of plague and war, Gregory structured his work as a conversation between himself and Peter, a deacon.[1] His focus is on miraculous events in the lives of monastics.

The second book is devoted to a life of Saint Benedict.[2]

Reception

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The Dialogues were the most popular of Gregory's works during the Middle Ages, and in modern times have received more scholarly attention than the rest of his works combined.[3] From this, the author himself is sometimes known as Gregory the Dialogist.[4]

Pope Zachary (r. 741–752) translated the Dialogues into Greek.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Moorhead, John (2002). "The figure of the deacon Peter in the Dialogues of Gregory the Great". Augustinianum. 42 (2): 469–479. doi:10.5840/agstm20024227.
  2. ^ Meyvaert, Paul (2004). "The Authentic Dialogues of Gregory the Great". Sacris Erudiri. 43: 55–130. doi:10.1484/j.se.2.300121.
  3. ^ Moorhead, John (July 2003). "Taking Gregory the Great's Dialogues Seriously". The Downside Review. 121 (424): 197–210. doi:10.1177/001258060312142404. S2CID 169438580.
  4. ^ Demacopoulos, George (2010). "Gregory the Great and a Post-Imperial Discourse": 120–137. doi:10.7916/D88S505K. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ Ivan Havener (1989), "The Greek Prologue to the Dialogues of Gregory the Great: The Critical Text", Revue bénédictine, 99 (1–2): 103–117, doi:10.1484/J.RB.4.01416.
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