# Pope Gregory I "the Great" - Bishop of Rome

URL: https://allhistories.com/vatican/popes/pope-gregory-i-the-great
Pontificate: 3 September 590 – 12 March 604
Number in the papal list: 64
Born-Died: c. 540 - 12 March 604
Papal era: Byzantine Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I

Gregory I, a former prefect of Rome, became the city's effective civil ruler, organising grain supplies from the papal estates, ransoming captives and negotiating peace with the Lombards when Byzantine authority failed. His management of the vast 'Patrimony of Saint Peter' laid the economic foundation of the later Papal States, and he sent Augustine's mission to the English.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Pelagius II](https://allhistories.com/vatican/popes/pope-pelagius-ii)
- Next in list: [Pope Sabinian](https://allhistories.com/vatican/popes/pope-sabinian)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 590 - [Gregory the Great Becomes Pope](https://allhistories.com/vatican/timeline/590-gregory-the-great-becomes-pope)
- 591 - [Gregory Reorganises the Patrimony](https://allhistories.com/vatican/timeline/591-gregory-reorganises-the-patrimony)
- 593 - [Agilulf Besieges Rome](https://allhistories.com/vatican/timeline/593-agilulf-besieges-rome)
- 596 - [Gregory's Mission to England](https://allhistories.com/vatican/timeline/596-gregory-s-mission-to-england)