Gregory, archdeacon of Rome, works to convert…

February 590 CE

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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Rome > Roma Lazio Italy View →

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Pope Gregory I (”the Great”) View → Pope Pelagius II View →

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Britons (historical) View → East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of View → Christianity, Chalcedonian View → Roman Empire, Eastern: Justinian dynasty View → Rome, Duchy of View → Ravenna, Exarchate of View →

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Migration Period View → Migration Period Pessimum View → Byzantine Papacy View →

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Water View → Grains and produce View → Slaves View →

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Engineering View → Environment View → Labor and Service View → Faith View → Government View → Custom and Law View → Movements View →

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