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How many monasteries did Gregory I found on his family’s Sicilian estates?
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St. Gregory the Great
Pope Gregory I (the Great) depicted in a stained glass window at St. Michael & All Angels Church in Brinkworth, Wiltshire, England.
Gregory I founded six monasteries on his family's estates in Sicily.1