Dialogues (Pope Gregory I)

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

The Dialogues (Template:Langx) 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.

Summary

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

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 (Template:Reign) translated the Dialogues into Greek.[5]

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