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.

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Label Occurrences
Dialogues canonical 2
Dialogi 1

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