Dialogues

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Dialogues is a collection of hagiographical and miracle stories by Pope Gregory the Great, presenting the lives and wonders of Italian saints in late antiquity.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dialogues canonical 2
Dialogi 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian literature ⓘ
Latin prose work ⓘ
hagiographical work ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
approximateCompletionDate c. 593 ⓘ
associatedWithSaint Benedict of Nursia ⓘ
various Italian holy men and women ⓘ
author Gregory the Great ⓘ
Pope Gregory I ⓘ
linked to: Gregory the Great
circulation widely read in the Middle Ages ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
dateWritten late 6th century ⓘ
depictsPeriod late antiquity ⓘ
ecclesiasticalContext papacy of Gregory the Great ⓘ
focusesOnRegion Italy ⓘ
genre Christian biography ⓘ
hagiography ⓘ
miracle stories ⓘ
hasPart Book I of the Dialogues ⓘ
Book II of the Dialogues ⓘ
Book III of the Dialogues ⓘ
Book IV of the Dialogues ⓘ
influenced Benedictine tradition ⓘ
linked to: Benedictines

Latin Christian spirituality ⓘ
medieval hagiography ⓘ
intendedPurpose edification of Christians ⓘ
promotion of monastic ideals ⓘ
languageFamily Italic languages ⓘ
literaryForm dialogue ⓘ
liturgicalUse read in monastic communities ⓘ
mainSubject Italian saints ⓘ
late antique Christianity ⓘ
miracles ⓘ
monastic life ⓘ
narrativeFrame conversation between Gregory and Peter the Deacon ⓘ
notableWorkAbout Saint Benedict of Nursia ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
preservationStatus survives in numerous medieval manuscripts ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
script Latin script ⓘ
setting Italy in the 6th century ⓘ
theologicalTheme afterlife ⓘ
divine providence ⓘ
intercession of saints ⓘ
miraculous intervention ⓘ
tradition Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
usedAsSourceBy later medieval compilers of saints' lives ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gregory the Great → notableWork → Dialogues ⓘ
Sulpicius Severus → notableWork → Dialogi ⓘ
linked to: Dialogues