Source: Textual EditionAnon.VitGregorii

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Source Information
Author Anonymous of Whitby
Source Title Book of the Life and Virtues of the Blessed and Praiseworthy Man, Gregory, Pope of the City of Rome
Language Latin

Notes

*In spite of the Colgrave's ascription of the work to a 'monk' of Whitby, there is no reason why it should not have been composed by a nun. See @McKitterick 1994, 'Women and Literacy in the Early Middle Ages', p.28. Chaps 21-9 have not been closely analysed because they contain little information of relevance to the PASE project. (This especially applies to material that would otherwise have been placed in the Event factoid.)

Edition(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Go to The Earliest Life of Gregory the Great: By an Anonymous Monk of Whitby Colgrave, Bertram The Earliest Life of Gregory the Great: By an Anonymous Monk of Whitby Cambridge 1985 72-138

Translation(s)

Editor Article or Book Title Journal or Pub.Loc. Date pp.
Bertram Colgrave The Earliest Life of Gregory the Great: By an Anonymous Monk of Whitby Cambridge 1985 73-139

Event/Transaction List

Factoid Type Source Reference Short Description
1 Event Anon.VitGregorii  2 (p. 76), 11 Without Gregory 1's knowledge it was decided that he should accept the sacred office.
2 Event Anon.VitGregorii  4 Gregory 1 gained renown from holy signs that can be called miracles.
3 Event Anon.VitGregorii  7 On his election, Gregory 1 humbly fled but he was led to the sacred office when his hiding place was revealed.
4 Event Anon.VitGregorii  9 Gregory 1 met in Rome some Anglian youths (Anonymi 495).
5 Event Anon.VitGregorii  10 Gregory 1 tried to go on a missionary trip to England but was recalled to Rome.
6 Event Anon.VitGregorii  11 Benedict 1 died not long after Gregory 1 made his abortive trip to England.
7 Event Anon.VitGregorii  11 Gregory 1 despatched Augustine 1 and others to England.
8 Event Anon.VitGregorii  11 Gregory 1 consecrated Augustine 1 as a bishop.
9 Event Anon.VitGregorii  11 Mellitus 1 is said to have been consecrated in England by Augustine 1.
10 Event Anon.VitGregorii  11 Laurence 2 is said to have been consecrated by Mellitus 1.
11 Event Anon.VitGregorii  12 Æthelberht 3 was the first of the English kings to be converted and baptized.
12 Event Anon.VitGregorii  12 After Æthelberht 3's conversion and baptism, Edwin 2 was the next to follow.
13 Event Anon.VitGregorii  14 Gregory 1 sent Paulinus 1 with others to England.
14 Event Anon.VitGregorii  15 Paulinus 1 ordered that a cawing crow be shot to make a theological point.
15 Event Anon.VitGregorii  16 Edwin 2 had a vision of Bishop Paulinus 1, who foretold his conversion and the restoration of his kingdom.
16 Event Anon.VitGregorii  16 Æthelfrith 2 drove Edwin 2 from his homeland and sought to bring about his death with bribes.
17 Event Anon.VitGregorii  18-19 Trimma 1 had revealed to himself in dreams where Edwin 2's bones were buried.
18 Event Anon.VitGregorii  19 Trimma 1 frequently saw the spirits of four of the slain coming to visit their bodies.
19 Event Anon.VitGregorii  32 Gregory 1 died and was buried in Rome.