Dialogues

E270367

Christian literature Latin prose work hagiographical work religious text

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Dialogues canonical	2
Dialogi	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian literature ⓘ Latin prose work ⓘ hagiographical work ⓘ religious text ⓘ
approximateCompletionDate	c. 593 ⓘ
associatedWithSaint	Saint Benedict of Nursia ⓘ surface form: Benedict of Nursia various Italian holy men and women ⓘ
author	Gregory the Great ⓘ Gregory the Great ⓘ surface form: Pope Gregory I
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	Benedictines ⓘ surface form: Benedictine tradition 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 Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
usedAsSourceBy	later medieval compilers of saints' lives ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Gregory the Dialogist → notableWork → Dialogues ⓘ

Gregory the Great → notableWork → Dialogues ⓘ

Sulpicius Severus → notableWork → Dialogues ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dialogi