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==Biography==
St. Gregory's family had large land holdings in Italy, which St. Gregory sold to help the poor following his father's death. After turning his home into a [[monastery]] named for St. [[Apostle Andrew|Andrew]], Pope [[Pelagius II of Rome|Pelagius II]] appointed him as an ambassador to [[Constantinople]]; however, Gregory disliked the worldly atmosphere of the court and never learned Greek.
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.