According to Jean Leclercq, OSB, the founders of the medieval tradition of Lectio Divina were Saint Benedict and Pope Gregory I.

As the story would later be told by the Anglo-Saxon monk and historian Bede, Gregory was struck by the unusual appearance of the slaves and asked about their background.

On Mount Athos, Barlaam encountered Hesychasts and heard descriptions of their practices, also reading the writings of the teacher in Hesychasm of St Gregory Palamas, himself an Athonite monk.

Coming to Rome during the pontificate of Pope Gregory III, he was placed in the monastery of St. Chrysogonus, where he was ordained a Benedictine monk.

* The West Saxon monk Winifrid is sent by Pope Gregory II, who gives him the name Boniface, to evangelize in Germany and reorganize the church there.

A monk of the Cluniac order, he was created cardinal priest of the Titulus S. Clementi by Pope Gregory VII ( 1073 – 85 ) about 1076, and was consecrated pope in succession to Pope Urban II ( 1088 – 99 ) on 19 August 1099.

* Gregory of Narek, Armenian monk, poet, and theologian

* Lesser Feasts and Commemorations on the Lutheran liturgical calendar include Anthony of Egypt on January 17, Henry, Bishop of Uppsala, martyr Henry of Uppsala on January 19, Timothy, Titus and Silas, missionaries St Timothy, St Titus and St Silas Day on January 26, Ansgar, Bishop of Hamburg, missionary to Denmark and Sweden St Ansgar on February 3, Cyril, monk and Methodius, bishop, missionaries to the Slavs St Cyril and St Methodius on February 14, Gregory the Great on March 12, St Patrick on March 17, Olavus Petri, priest and Laurentius Petri, Bishop of Uppsala, on April 19, St Anselm on April 21, Catherine of Siena on April 29, St Athanasius on May 2, St Monica on May 4, Eric IX of Sweden on May 18, St Boniface on June 5, Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory of Nazianzus on June 14, Benedict of Nursia on July 11, Birgitta of Sweden on July 23, St Anne, Mother of Mary on July 26, St Dominic on August 8, Augustine of Hippo on August 28, St Cyprian on September 16, Teresa of Avila on October 15, Martin de Porres on November 3, Martin of Tours on November 11, Elizabeth of Hungary on November 17, St Lucy on December 13.

The Liber Pontificalis praises him for " filling the church with clergy ," in contrast to Gregory, who rose rapidly from simple monk to bishop of Rome.

Setting out shortly after Christmas, he met with abbot Hugh of Cluny at Besançon, where he was joined by the young monk Hildebrand, who afterwards became Pope Gregory VII ; arriving in pilgrim garb at Rome in the following February, he was received with much cordiality, and at his consecration assumed the name Leo IX.

In this endeavour, Pope Gregory I sent a group of clerics headed by the monk Augustine to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity and to establish new churches and dioceses in their territory.

Gregory Palamas ( Γρηγόριος Παλαμάς ) ( 1296 – 1359 ) was a monk of Mount Athos in Greece and later the Archbishop of Thessaloniki known as a preeminent theologian of Hesychasm.

Paulinus was a monk from Rome sent to the Kingdom of Kent by Pope Gregory I in 601, along with Mellitus and others, as part of the second group of missionaries sent to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity.

By this time, Henry IV was no longer a child, and he continued to appoint his own bishops and he reacted to this declaration by sending Gregory VII a letter in which he withdrew his imperial support of Gregory as pope in no uncertain terms: the letter was headed " Henry, king not through usurpation but through the holy ordination of God, to Hildebrand, at present not pope but false monk ".< ref name =" HalsallPaul "> Halsall, Paul.

* Gregory of Narek, Armenian monk, poet, philosopher, and theologian

They are works by early Christian and Byzantine churchmen that would have been available to Kirill in Slavonic translations: John Chrysostom, Epiphanius of Salamis, Ephrem of Syrus, Gregory of Nazianzus, Eusebius of Caesarea, and the scholia of Nicetas of Heraclea, Titus of Bostra, Theophylact of Ohrid, and the chronicler George the monk ( George Hamartolus ).

Saint Gregory Palamas, bishop of Thessalonica, an experienced Athonite monk, defended Orthodox spirituality against the attacks of Barlaam of Calabria, and left numerous important works on the spiritual life.

Gingerbread was brought to Europe in 992 by the Armenian monk Gregory of Nicopolis ( Gregory Makar ) ( Grégoire de Nicopolis ).

Almost all evidence of a Jewish presence in England would have been wiped out if it had not been for the efforts of one monk, Gregory of Huntingdon, who purchased all the Jewish texts he could to begin translating them.

There are various theories on who was the author: either an anonymous Benedictine monk of Dioclea ( modern Bar ) around 1142-1199 ; or Gregory ( Grgur ), Archbishop of Antivari 1172-1196 ; or the Cistercian Rudger ( Rudiger ), Archbishop of Antivari 1299-1301.

He brought here a relic of the master, handed it over to him by monk Gregory Nazianzus.

Raimi became extremely overheated, to the point that his costume was literally filled with liters of sweat ; special effects artist Gregory Nicotero describes pouring the fluid into several Dixie cups so as to get it out of the costume.

This film features Sherman Howard in an early appearance as Bub, and make-up artist Gregory Nicotero playing Pvt.

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* Gregory Wilhelmi, artist often featured on Barry Chappell's Fine Art Showcase.

* Gregory S. Glasson ( born 1974 ), bass player most notably known for his work with Grammy Award winning artist Seal both live and on studio remixes.

A former Mercury / Polygram recording artist and composer of songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Western Flyer, Clinton Gregory, Rod Stewart, Cledus T Judd, George Jones and others.

Douglas was married briefly to artist Rosalind Hightower, and they had one child, ( Melvyn ) Gregory Hesselberg, in 1925.

Gregory Hesselberg, an artist, is the father of actress Illeana Douglas.

Pope Gregory XIII also commissioned the artist Giorgio Vasari to paint three frescos in the Sala Regia depicting the wounding of Coligny, his death, and Charles IX before Parliament, matching ones on the defeat of the Turks at the Battle of Lepanto ( 1571 ).

Til recorded briefly as a solo artist before putting together the third Orioles group, with members Delton McCall, Billy Taylor, and Gerald Gregory, former bass of The Spaniels.

One of the co-founders is artist Paul Gregory.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, the youngest of 3 children, brother Gregory Lawrence Green, and sister Renée Green ( artist, writer, and filmmaker ).

* Gregory Gallant – comic book artist, writer

" Duke is nothing but a con artist ," Jack Gregory, Duke's Florida state leader, told the Clearwater Sun ( of Florida ) after David Duke allegedly refused to turn over proceeds from a series of 1979 Klan rallies to the Knights.

* Robert Gregory ( cricketer ) ( 1881 – 1918 ), born William Robert Gregory, Irish cricketer and artist

He began by teaching anatomy at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and Earth and Space Sciences, where future artist Gregory S. Paul worked and collaborated informally under his guidance.

* Gregory Gallant, pen name Seth, ( born 1962 ) comic book artist and writer

On the exhibition, in the Baths of Diocletian at Rome, of Sigalon's gigantic task, in which he had been aided by his pupil Numa Boucoiran, the artist was visited in state by Gregory XVI.

* 23 January-Robert Gregory, cricketer and artist ( born 1881 ).

Far from restricting themselves to the Jamaican scene, ( in which they have played for virtually every prominent Jamaican musical artist from Beenie Man to Sean Paul to Peter Tosh, Black Uhuru, Gregory Isaacs, Dennis Brown, Ini Kamoze and others ), they have played with and produced artists such as Ben Harper, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, The Rolling Stones, Grace Jones, Joan Armatrading, Gilberto Gil, Joe Cocker, Matisyahu, Serge Gainsbourg, Simply Red, Michael Franti, Sting, Khaled, Mey Vidal, Tricky, Doug E. Fresh, Carlos Santana, Sinéad O ' Connor, and others.

Brumidi had worked for three years in the Vatican under Pope Gregory XVI, and served several aristocrats as an artist for palaces and villas, including the prince Torlonia.

In multidisciplinary art, she has worked with choreographer and dancer Sheila Muir, choreographer Ted Fox, and with visual artist Sheila Gregory.

His famous friends and collectors of his work included Elizabeth Taylor, Danny DeVito, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barry Goldwater, Gregory Peck, Erma Bombeck, Lee Marvin, Jackie Onassis and fellow artist Andy Warhol, who silk-screened a portrait of Gorman that hung in his bathroom.