Saint Gregory the Great

Spotted: 08 October 2018, after Google Image Search, added to own Pinterest

This painting of Saint Gregory the Great is by Jusepe de Ribera, also called Lo Spagnoletto (or "Little Spaniard"), who died on 02 September 1652.

Pope Saint Gregory the Great's papacy began on 03 September 590. Before the papacy, he was known to have built seven monasteries - six in Italy, and one in Rome, in his own home, which still stands as San Gregorio Magno al Cielo. He is called the "Father of Christian Worship," is a Doctor of the Church, and one of the Latin Fathers (or one of those who have set the theological and scholarly foundations of Christianity).

He is also the patron saint of musicians, singers, students, and teachers. In the Philippines, National Teachers Month is celebrated from 05 September to 05 October per Proclamation No. 242 by then President Benigno S. Aquino III.


[This post is antedated: 20181008]