Alfred lamented in the preface to his translation of Gregory's Pastoral Care that " learning had declined so thoroughly in England that there were very few men on this side of the Humber who could understand their divine services in English, or even translate a single letter from Latin into English: and I suppose that there were not many beyond the Humber either ".

Gregory's successors were largely dominated by the Exarch of Ravenna, the Byzantine emperor's representative in Italy.

It is also claimed that this supposed " cat massacre " worsened the Black Death a century after Gregory's time, because the plague was spread by rats who were unchecked in Europe due to the decline of cat numbers.

Three frescoes in the Sala Regia Palace of the Vatican depicting the events were painted by Giorgio Vasari, and a commemorative medal was issued with Gregory's portrait and on the obverse a chastising angel, sword in hand and the legend (" Massacre of the Huguenots ").

In 1074 and 1075 he acted as intermediary, probably as Gregory's agent, between the Norman princes themselves, and even when the latter were at open war with the pope, they still maintained the best relations with Monte Cassino.

Yeats's play Cathleen Ní Houlihan and Lady Gregory's Spreading the News were featured on the opening night.

Gregory's first attempts in foreign policy were towards a reconciliation with the Normans of Robert Guiscard ; in the end the two parties did not meet.

Gregory's philosophical writings were influenced by Origen, and he is generally considered to have believed in universal salvation.

In Gregory's lifetime the Christians of Cappadocia were devout, with the cults of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste and Saint George being particularly significant and a considerable monastic presence.

The Lancastrian forces mustered near Kingston upon Hull, and were said ( in Gregory's Chronicle, a near-contemporary account ) to number 15, 000.

One near-contemporary source ( Gregory's Chronicle ) claimed that 2, 500 Yorkists and 200 Lancastrians were killed, but other sources give wildly differing figures, from 2, 200 to only 700 Yorkist dead.

Gregory detested Chilperic, calling him " the Nero and Herod of his time " ( History of the Franks book VI. 46 ): he had provoked Gregory's wrath by wresting Tours from Austrasia, seizing ecclesiastical property, and appointing as bishops counts of the palace who were not clerics.

However, S. Fanning has assembled a number of examples of rex being used in a neutral, if not favorable, context, and argues that " the phrase Romanorum rex is not peculiar to Gregory of Tours or to Frankish sources ", and that Gregory's usage may indeed show " that they were, or were seen to be, claiming to be Roman emperors.

Pope Gregory the Great ( r. 590-604 ) organized papal notarii or scrinarii into a schola ; Gregory's registers show that they were responsible for recording correspondence, ordinations, privileges, donations, synodal acts, and matters related to the Patrimony of Saint Peter, as well as serving as papal advisors, diplomats, and envoys.

At Siena in July 1408 he and Sir John Cheyne, as English envoys, were received by Gregory XII with special honor, and Bishop Repingdon of Lincoln, ex-Wycliffite, was one of the new batch of cardinals created on 18 September 1408, most of Gregory's cardinals having deserted him.

The first series was partly filmed at St Gregory's Social Club in Farnworth, Lancashire, where the exterior, hallways and function suite were all used.

Part of the background to Philippa Gregory's historical novel " A Respectable Trade "-dealing mainly with the slave trade in late 18th century Bristol-is the start of construction at Clifton, then a far area outside the city limits as they were at the time.

Although it was Sheridan's idea, the design was Ned Gregory's who believed that English scoreboards were inadequate.

There were many instances of concerning player behaviour during the 1878 tour of England, and Gregory's men were considered to be unrefined and raucous.

During its history as a commercial cave, Gregory's Cave had walkways, which were made of wood in some places, and electric lights.

In June 2008 it was reported in The Times that Pilch's grave at St. Gregory's churchyard in Canterbury was among 200 other graves which were preventing the development of the churchyard into a Canterbury Christ Church University concert hall, as they could not be located for removal.

In addition, Sickened: The Memoir of a Munchausen by Proxy Childhood recounts allegations of physical and emotional abuse inflicted by Gregory's father, as well as other types of abuse.

Gregory's company had a reputation as one of the best in the business providing mineral samples for scientists as well as private collectors.

Bill Forsyth ( born 29 July 1946 ) is a Scottish film director and writer best known for his films Gregory's Girl ( 1981 ), Local Hero ( 1983 ), and Comfort and Joy ( 1984 ), as well as his commitment to national film-making.

Gregory's Dictus Pape outlines his policies and ideals, as well as those of the Catholic Church.

That same year, the Dirtbombs appeared on four compilations, as well as on Troy Gregory's solo album, Sybil.

Born to a well known rugby league family of the Penrith area, Tim Sheens was educated at St Dominic's College in Penrith but spent his last two years of school at St Gregory's College, Campbelltown, where he was the school captain and first-grade rugby league captain in 1968.

Gregory's work received little scholarly attention in the West until the mid-twentieth century, and he was historically treated as a minor figure in comparison to Basil the Great or Gregory of Nazianzus.

Gregory's Two Girls from 2000 appeared as a sequel to Gregory's Girl, with John Gordon Sinclair playing the same character, but it received mixed reviews.

On his arrival in France he went to St Gregory's and asked to be received into the community.

Frustrated with the lack of support he received from the Exarch ( R. A. Markus describes him as a " large thorn in Gregory's side "), the Pope tried to circumvent Romanus ' authority by appealing to the Byzantine Emperor Maurice in 595, but this proved fruitless, given the fact that Maurice saw more emphasis in maintaining a link between Ravenna and the Balkans, where he kept the Avars and Slavs at bay.

I cannot remember Dr. Gregory's reply, if, indeed, he made one.

Thus 6th century Gallo-Romans of Gregory's class, surrounded by the ruins of Roman temples and public buildings, attributed the destruction they saw to the plundering raids of the Alemanni.

At Alba Augusta ( Alba-la-Romaine ) the devastation was so complete, that the Christian bishop retired to Viviers, but in Gregory's account at Mende in Lozère, also deep in the heart of Gaul, bishop Privatus was forced to sacrifice to idols in the very cave where he was later venerated.

" The magistrate in Lady Gregory's play Spreading the News had formerly served in the islands.

St Gregory's narrative makes it impossible to suppose him younger than 19 or 20.

The third letter is extant, but no trace of an answer appears in St. Gregory's correspondence, owing probably to the fact that the pope died in 604, about the time it reached Rome.

Following Gregory's death and during the Western Schism of 1378 she was an adherent of Pope Urban VI, who summoned her to Rome, and stayed at Pope Urban VI's court and tried to convince nobles and cardinals of his legitimacy.

He was an efficient member of the American revision committee for the Revised Version ( 1881-1885 ) of the King James Bible, and helped prepare Caspar René Gregory's Prolegomena to the revised Greek New Testament of Constantin von Tischendorf.

Once there, they refused to recognise Gregory's position as head of the church of Constantinople, arguing that his transfer from the See of Sasima was canonically illegitimate because one of the canons of the Council of Nicaea had forbidden bishops to transfer from their sees.

The original authorities for Gregory's life are Agathangelos, whose History of Tiridates was published by the Mekhitarists in 1835 ; Moses of Chorene, Historiae Armenicae ; and Symeon the Metaphrast.

The ambitions of Gregory's father to have his son rise in the Church hierarchy and the insistence of his friend Basil convinced Gregory to accept this position despite his reservations.

Although Gregory's health did not permit him to attend the funeral, he wrote a heartfelt letter of condolence to Basil's brother, Gregory of Nyssa and composed twelve memorial poems dedicated to the memory of his departed friend.

From his deathbed, Basil reminded them of Gregory's capabilities and likely recommended his friend to champion the trinitarian cause in Constantinople.

Maximus, who was in secret alliance with Peter, bishop of Alexandria, attempted to seize Gregory's position and have himself ordained bishop of Constantinople.

Affairs in Constantinople remained confused as Gregory's position was still unofficial and Arian priests occupied many important churches.

The arrival of the emperor Theodosius in 380 settled matters in Gregory's favor.

Once there, they refused to recognise Gregory's position as head of the church of Constantinople, arguing that his transfer from the See of Sasima was canonically illegitimate.

Gregory's writings illuminate the conflicts which both tormented and motivated him.

Gregory's most significant theological contributions arose from his defense of the Nicene doctrine of the Trinity.

Some of Gregory's theological writings suggest that, like his friend Gregory of Nyssa, he may have supported some form of the doctrine of apocatastasis, the belief that God will bring all of creation into harmony with the Kingdom of Heaven.

This led some late-nineteenth century Christian universalists, notably J. W. Hanson and Philip Schaff, to describe Gregory's theology as universalist.