Gregory II

noun

1. Saint, died a.d. 731, pope 715–731.

Example Sentences

Commemorating the donation made to the church by Gregory II., of certain olive-grounds to provide oil for the lamps; 2.

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Gregory II. wrote of it to Leo the Isaurian: "Christ is my witness, that when I enter the temple of the prince of the Apostles, and contemplate his image, I am filled with such emotion, that tears roll down my cheeks like the rain from heaven."

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It was repaired by Gregory II. early in the eighth century; the monastery was added by Benedict VII. about 975, and the whole was rebuilt by Lucius II. in 1144.

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It claims descent from Anatolius, created Count of Gaieta by Pope Gregory II. in 730.

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We have rendered our homage to some: for instance, to a Gregory II. in the eighth century; a Leo IV. in the ninth; to Calixtus II.

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