Memorializing Gregory the Great: the origin and transmission of a papal cult in the seventh and early eighth centuries
Alan Thacker
This article examines the origins and early development of cult Pope Gregory Great (590–604) in Rome, England, Gaul Ireland. A first section analyses earliest Life pope, written between 704 714 at Northumbrian monastery Whitby, arguing that it depended not upon oral tradition but writings originating among Gregory’s disciples Rome part least recorded by John Moschus. second relates this material to seventh eighth centuries, highlighting activity Archbishop Theodore England. Although clerical rather than popular, thus promoted established reputation as a pastor, evangelist father Latin liturgy.
Early Medieval Europe