Pope St Gregory I the Great
Pope St. Gregory I ("the Great") Pope St. Gregory I was born in Italy in the year 540 c. ... He became a pope in the year 590 c. ... After being proclaimed a saint he was renamed Pope St. Gregory I The Great and was considered as one of the four doctors of the Western Church. ... Pope St. Gregory I The Great having inherited many lands from his parents, but wanting to follow a life as a God’s servants started building monasteries in many of his own properties. ... This later was call, St Andrew Monastery where himself served as a monk. When he was about thirty-nine years old in the year 579 he was named Deacon by the Pope Pelagius II, at this time he was send to Constantinople as a Papal ambassador.