# Pope Gregory I "the Great" - Pope

URL: https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-gregory-i-the-great
Pontificate: 3 September 590 – 12 March 604
Number in the papal list: 64
Born-Died: c. 540 - 604
Papal era: Byzantine Papacy
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Gregory_I

Subject of the (Ostrogothic) Kingdom of Italy, later a (Eastern) Roman citizen. Was of Roman ethnicity.

## Succession
- Previous in list: [Pope Pelagius II](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-pelagius-ii)
- Next in list: [Pope Sabinian](https://christianity-history.com/popes/pope-sabinian)

## Timeline events during this pontificate
- 590 - [Gregory the Great becomes pope](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/590-gregory-the-great-becomes-pope)
- 590 - [Columbanus in Gaul](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/590-columbanus-in-gaul)
- 597 - [Augustine of Canterbury's mission](https://christianity-history.com/timeline/597-augustine-of-canterbury-s-mission)