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After his [[consecration of a bishop|consecration]] as Bishop of Rome on [[September 3]], 590, he negotiated a peace with the Lombards, who besieged Rome, and he dispatched St. [[Augustine of Canterbury]] to evangelize Britain.
He is known in the East as '''Gregory the Dialogist''' for his four-volume ''Dialogues'', in which he wrote of the lives and miracles of the saints of Italy and of the after-life. It is the primary source of the life lives of St. [[Benedict of Nursia]] and his sister [[Scholastica]]. His other writings include the ''Moralia on Job'', a commentary on the Book of Job; his ''Homilies on Ezekiel''; the ''Pastoral Rule'', which served as the prime manual for [[priest]]s in the West for many years; and a great number of other sermons.
He added the commemoration of the Apostle Andrew to the embolism on the Lord's Prayer in the ancient Roman Mass; as a result, the Roman Mass is often called the [[Liturgy of St. Gregory the Great|Mass of St Gregory]], especially among a number of Orthodox. He was a patron of ancient Western chant, often called "Gregorian chant" for his patronage. In the East, the [[Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts]] celebrated during Lent commemorates St Gregory as its author, although it is unclear what role he played in its development.