On Becoming Pope in Late Antiquity.
To an extent unusual among holders of papal office in late antiquity, we know something of the family of Gregory the Great (590–604). His father, Gordianus, was a wealthy Roman who had married a lady named Silvia, who herself had a sister named Pateria, while he had another three aunts, Aemiliana, G...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Religious History Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 279 - 294 |
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