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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Gregory I

540 - 604

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Pope Gregory I (Latin: Gregorius I; c. 540 – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. He is known for instituting the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregorian mission, to convert the then largely pagan Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. Gregory is also well known for his writings, which were more prolific than those of any of his predecessors as pope. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Gregory I has received more than 2,433,106 page views. His biography is available in 89 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 88 in 2019). Pope Gregory I is the 51st most popular religious figure (down from 39th in 2019), the 50th most popular biography from Italy (up from 51st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Gregory I is most famous for his conversion of the English people to Christianity.

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  • 89

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  • 3.52

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Gregory I ranks 51 out of 2,238Before him are Joshua, Judas Iscariot, Ignatius of Loyola, Saul, 14th Dalai Lama, and Mary Magdalene. After him are Job, Pope Pius XII, Bartholomew the Apostle, Jerome, Anthony the Great, and Anthony of Padua.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 540, Pope Gregory I ranks 1After him are Pope Boniface III, Columbanus, Hormizd IV, Emperor Yōmei, Authari, Galswintha, Rosamund, Creoda of Mercia, and John of Biclaro. Among people deceased in 604, Pope Gregory I ranks 1After him are Emperor Wen of Sui, Augustine of Canterbury, Al-Nabigha, and Æthelric of Deira.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Gregory I ranks 50 out of 4,668Before him are Gioachino Rossini (1792), Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598), Mark Antony (-83), Ötzi (-3345), and Catherine de' Medici (1519). After him are Zeno of Elea (-490), Pope Pius XII (1876), Evangelista Torricelli (1608), Claudio Monteverdi (1567), Sophia Loren (1934), and Empedocles (-490).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Gregory I ranks 5Before him are Francis of Assisi (1182), Saint Lucy (283), Pope John Paul I (1912), and Pope John XXIII (1881). After him are Pope Pius XII (1876), Pope Clement VII (1478), Benedict of Nursia (480), Pope Pius XI (1857), Saint Valentine (226), Pope Sylvester I (300), and Pope Gregory XIII (1502).