![]() ![]() ![]() In about 579 he was sent to Constantinople by Pelagius II as a papal representative and there got to know the principal power-brokers of the Eastern Empire. There he entered upon a rigorous regime of prayer and fasting which he would continue all his life, and which would play a part in undermining his constitution. His Latin was fluent but - in spite of his spending several years in Constantinople - he never learned Greek a telling indicator of how far apart the West and East were drifting.Īfter a secular career in urban administration, culminating in the Prefecture of the City of Rome, Gregory became a monk (about the year 574) and turned his family home into a monastery. ![]() We know little about his early years, but he was well-educated his writings reveal a keen interest in natural science and a knowledge of history, Classical literature, and music. The only pope, apart from Leo I, to be called “the Great” came from a wealthy and aristocratic Roman family. ![]()
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