SAINT GREGORY I

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• SAINT GREGORY I (noun)
  The noun SAINT GREGORY I has 1 sense:

1. (Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604)

  Familiarity information: SAINT GREGORY I used as a noun is very rare.

• SAINT GREGORY I (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(Roman Catholic Church) an Italian pope distinguished for his spiritual and temporal leadership; a saint and Doctor of the Church (540?-604)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Gregory; Gregory I; Gregory the Great; Saint Gregory I; St. Gregory I

Instance hypernyms:

Doctor; Doctor of the Church ((Roman Catholic Church) a title conferred on 33 saints who distinguished themselves through the orthodoxy of their theological teaching)

Bishop of Rome; Catholic Pope; Holy Father; pontiff; pope; Roman Catholic Pope; Vicar of Christ (the head of the Roman Catholic Church)

saint (a person who has died and has been declared a saint by canonization)

Domain category:

Church of Rome; Roman Catholic; Roman Catholic Church; Roman Church; Western Church (the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy)