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Gregory, archdeacon of Rome, works to convert …
Years: 590 - 590
February
Gregory, archdeacon of Rome, works to convert English slaves sold in the Roman market, calling them Angels if they will become Christians.
Pope Pelagius II, after an eleven-year reign, falls victim on February 7 to the plague that is devastating Rome.
He is succeeded by Gregory I, age fifty, as the sixty-fourth pope.
Gregory begins a vigorous program of rebuilding aqueducts and restoring Rome.
He feeds the citizens with doles of grain, as under Roman imperial rule.
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- Britons (historical)
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Justinian dynasty
- Rome, Duchy of
- Ravenna, Exarchate of
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Years: 590 - 590
February
Locations
People
Groups
- Britons (historical)
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Justinian dynasty
- Rome, Duchy of
- Ravenna, Exarchate of
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions