<P> John the Deacon , biographer ( c. 872 ) of Pope Gregory I , modestly claimed that the saint `` compiled a patchwork antiphonary '' , unsurprisingly , given his considerable work with liturgical development . He reorganized the Schola Cantorum and established a more uniform standard in church services , gathering chants from among the regional traditions as widely as he could manage . Of those , he retained what he could , revised where necessary , and assigned particular chants to the various services . According to Donald Jay Grout , his goal was to organize the bodies of chants from diverse traditions into a uniform and orderly whole for use by the entire western region of the Church . His renowned love for music was recorded only 34 years after his death ; the epitaph of Honorius testified that comparison to Gregory was already considered the highest praise for a music - loving pope . While later legends magnified his real achievements , these significant steps may account for why his name came to be attached to Gregorian chant . </P>
<P> John the Deacon , biographer ( c. 872 ) of Pope Gregory I , modestly claimed that the saint `` compiled a patchwork antiphonary '' , unsurprisingly , given his considerable work with liturgical development . He reorganized the Schola Cantorum and established a more uniform standard in church services , gathering chants from among the regional traditions as widely as he could manage . Of those , he retained what he could , revised where necessary , and assigned particular chants to the various services . According to Donald Jay Grout , his goal was to organize the bodies of chants from diverse traditions into a uniform and orderly whole for use by the entire western region of the Church . His renowned love for music was recorded only 34 years after his death ; the epitaph of Honorius testified that comparison to Gregory was already considered the highest praise for a music - loving pope . While later legends magnified his real achievements , these significant steps may account for why his name came to be attached to Gregorian chant . </P>
who is credited with collecting and codifying the chants of the medieval church
who is credited with collecting and codifying the chants of the medieval church
Pope Gregory I
Pope Gregory I