Christian feast day: Pope Gregory I

Pope Gregory I

64th Bishop of Rome; head of the Roman Catholic Church from AD 590 to 604

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. He is known for instituting the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregorian mission, to convert the then largely pagan…