Church works of Saint Pope Gregory Dvoeslov. Answers to questions

From my friend, after reading my notes about Pope Gregory the Dvoeslov, I received questions and requests to clarify some aspects of the life of St. Gregory. The answers made a good topic for a magazine. How many years did Saint Gregory the Dvoeslov head the Roman episcopal see and what did the pope do during this time, for which he was called the Great and canonized? Pope Gregory headed the Roman See for 14 years and during this time he had the following services to the Church: 1. He did not support the imperial decree banning civil servants and military personnel from becoming monks. In addition, he challenged and achieved the cancellation of this decree. In many ways, this was due to the fact that Pope Gregory himself, before accepting monasticism, held the position of prefect of the city of Rome and left this position for the sake of monasticism. 2. Pope Gregory is called the “Breadwinner of Rome.” During his papacy, plague and famine raged in Rome, and the popes owned a lot of church land. Pope Gregory took control of his own agriculture, forced him to cultivate the land, and he used the income from the land to feed ordinary people, the inhabitants of Rome. The pope raised the well-being of the Roman population, which the emperor could not do. 3. Having become Pope, Gregory Dvoeslov was able to unite under Roman Church authority the by that time split Church of modern Italy and all of Western Europe. 4. Pope Gregory loved the beauty of worship and cared about beautiful singing. If you have heard such a phrase as “Gregorian chant”, the ancient Western chant at the papal mass, which is performed in the Vatican, then it was this chant that was introduced by Pope Gregory, it is his brainchild and it is performed to this day. He is also considered the father and founder of church choral singing. 5. Pope Gregory abandoned the title of "Ecumenical Bishop", as his predecessors called themselves, and called himself "Servus vervorum Dei", which means "Servant of the servants of God"! To this day, all Popes call themselves the title “Servant of the Servants of God” and this came from Pope Gregory. And the Patriarchs of Constantinople began to call themselves “Ecumenical”. 6. None of the popes spread Christianity as widely as Pope Gregory Dvoeslov. Under him, Christianity was adopted by such large nations of that time as: the Longobards (an ancient Germanic long-bearded tribe previously considered wild), the Franks (an ancient wild ancient Germanic tribe), the Visigoths (ancient Germanic tribe) and the English (modern inhabitants of England). Three wild ancient Germanic tribes militantly invaded Italy in order to enslave it, and Pope Gregory was able to convert these peoples to Christianity and practically allowed them to remain on the territory of modern Italy and live in peace and friendship with Rome. 7. Pope Gregory wrote the liturgy of “Gregory the Double-Speaker of the Pope,” which became known as the “Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts.” The Liturgy of Pope Gregory is served in both the Orthodox and Catholic Churches. 8. Pope Gregory wrote a lot of books, these are interpretations of biblical books and sermons: “Morals on the Book of Job”, “Conversations on the Gospels”, “Conversations on the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel”, “Commentary on the Song of Songs”, “Conversations on the Life of the Italian Fathers and on the Immortality of the Soul”, “Pastoral Rule” have become an integral part of the Western Christian tradition, there are also these books translation into Russian. Did Pope Gregory visit other countries, as modern popes do, and if so, which ones? It is known that even before the papacy, Gregory Dvoeslov was sent as a missionary to England in the rank of deacon, but in Rome he was so popular and loved by the people that there was popular discontent with such a decision of the church authorities and Gregory was returned to Rome halfway. It is also known that, again, even before being elected pope, Gregory visited Constantinople (this is modern Istanbul) and served there for three years and worked as the ambassador of Papal Rome to the Patriarch of Constantinople. That is why Pope Gregory is also called the link of the Church between East and West. Why is Pope Gregory called “Dvoeslov”? The name “Dvoeslov”, assigned to Gregory the Great in the Orthodox tradition, is associated with the title of one of his works – “Dialogues”, or “Conversations on the life of the Italian fathers and on the immortality of the soul”. In the book describing the lives of the Italian saints, the two interlocutors, the deacon Peter and the respondent Gregory, are simply talking. The book was written by the Pope in the form of a dialogue, hence the popular name “Dvoeslov” was assigned to the Pope. How old was dad when he died and what did he die from? Saint Gregory was pope in the years 590–604, but no one knows in what year he was born. It is approximately known that he became a monk at the age of 30. But from taking monasticism to the Papacy, as we know, he served as a deacon, was an ambassador to Constantinople, etc., and this is still more than 10 years. The exact age is not known. It is known that the pope was very ill and for the last 4 years he ruled the Roman Church seriously ill and did not get out of bed. Who was the pope before Gregory and was he a good pope and also... after Gregory’s death, did the new pope continue Gregory’s church affairs? Before Gregory, the pope's name was Pelagius II. He was a dad for 11 years, the son of a “barbarian.” It was he who noticed Gregory, ordained him as a deacon, and sent him as ambassador to Constantinople. So Pope Gregory owes a lot to his predecessor. But Pelagius's papacy was not as successful as Gregory's. And so all those wild peoples that Pope Gregory brought to Christianity, Pope Pelagius tried, but was unable to bring them to Christianity. Pope Gregory did much of what he wanted, but Pope Pelagius could not do. After Pope Gregory, Pope Sabinian became pope. He was the confidant and first assistant of Pope Gregory, and therefore his choice as pope was not accidental. But he did not rule the church as well as Pope Gregory and the people were very dissatisfied with him. And he stood at the head of the Roman Church for less than two years. Although he left his works for the Church, he is credited with the authorship of manuals on the ringing of bells and the celebration of the Eucharist. In the history of Rome, were there other popes named Gregory? Pope Gregory Dvoeslov, this was the first pope who took the name Gregory. Then, after him, 15 more popes took the name Gregory: 2) Gregory II, St., Pope 715–731, with the help of St. Boniface subjugated the German church. 3) Gregory III, pope 731–741, Syrian, 4) Gregory IV, pope 827–844; Roman. was a good administrator 5) Gregory V. 996–999, the first German on the papal throne; 6) Gregory VI, 1022, expelled by Boniface VIII. 7) Gregory VI (secondary), 1044–46, Roman, was forced to lay down his tiara, as acquired by Simony. 8) Gregory VII, 1073–85, Hildebrand, Lombard by birth, greatest of the popes. But according to his teaching, papal power is superior to all secular power, responsible only to God; The Pope wields the sword of both spiritual and temporal power. Gregory established compulsory celibacy for the clergy and strictly persecuted simony. Gregory died during the struggle with Emperor Henry IV, expelled from Rome. Gregory established that the pope should be elected by the college of cardinals (1059). 9) Gregory VIII, 1118–25, anti-pope, elected by the will of the emperor. Henry V, imprisoned by Callixtus II. 10) Gregory VIII, 1187, legitimate pope, reigned for only 2 months. 11) Gregory IX, 1227–41, a merciless persecutor of heretics, fought with the emperor. Frederick II, died at 100 years old. 12) Gregory X, 1271–76, Tebaldo Visconti, preached in vain a crusade at the Council of Lyon in 1274. 13) Gregory XI, 1371–78, Frenchman, Count of Beaufort, last Avignon pope, 1377 returned to Rome. 14) Gregory XII, 1406–15, Angelo Cornaro, deposed by the Council of Constance. 15) Gregory XIII, 1572–85. Hugo Buoncompanio patronized the Jesuits, established relations with Moscow, Japan and China, and brought the astronomical year into agreement with the church year (Gregorian calendar). 16) Gregory XIV, 1590–91, Niccolo Sfondrato, supported the league and Guise. 17) Gregory XV, 1621–23, Alexander Ludovisi, helped Austria restore Catholicism in Moravia, established 1622 congregation de propaganda fide for the great success of the Catholic mission. Established the current procedure for papal elections. 18) Gregory XVI, 1831–46, Bartolomeo Capellari, born in 1765, enemy of all innovations, even railways, sought to revive the medieval ideals of papal power, died in 1846.