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Also Known As Saint Gregory I
Born c.540 • Rome • Italy
Died March 12, 604 • Rome • Italy
Title / Office pope (590-604)
Subjects Of Study Gregorian chant • church and state

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Vatican City: St. Peter's Basilica, altar of St. Gregory the Great
Copperplate engraving by Adrian Collaert showing Saint Gregory I, or Gregory the Great, seated in papal robes and tiara, holding a staff, with symbolic figures at his feet.
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