Excerpt from A Homily of Saint Gregory the Great on the Pastoral OfficeFrom that date until his death, in March, 604, in spite of continual infirmity, Gregory laboured with indefatigable energy for the welfare of the Church. In Italy he was a father to the people, then suffering from famine and pestilence and from the invasion of the Lombards. While subscribing himself Servus Seroorum Del, he steadfastly mam tained the dignity of the Holy See, and resisted the ambitious pretensions of the patriarch of Constantinople, John the Faster, styled by his fiatterers the (ecumenical Patriarch. Nor did he forget his former project of labouring for the conversion of England. By his orders Augustine and forty monks proceeded to that country, founded the See of Canterbury, and organized the Church throughout the island.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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