St Gregory the Great: Dialogues (Fathers of the Church)

Rich in captivating narratives, the four books of Dialogues of Gregory the Great (Pope, 590-604) present hagiographical accounts of the lives of Italian saints whose holiness remained intact during tumultuous times. Of these, the most famous is the monastic founder Benedict, whose life story occupies all of Book Two. These stories, along with Book Four's mixture of expository and narrative assurances of the immortality of the soul, must have been encouraging to its contemporary Italian readers, especially since Gregory wrote these books at a time when Italy had been ravaged by barbarian invasions, floods, plagues, and famines. Saint Gregory The Great ; Translated By Odo John Zimmerman. First Paperback Reprint 2002--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (p. Viii) And Index. Mode Of Access: World Wide Web. Intro -- CONTENTS -- BOOK ONE -- BOOK TWO -- BOOK THREE -- BOOK FOUR -- INDEX