Book II of the Dialogues

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Book II of the Dialogues is the second volume in Pope Gregory the Great’s hagiographical work, focusing largely on the life and miracles of Saint Benedict of Nursia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian literature
hagiographical work
associatedWith Benedictine monasticism NERFINISHED
Monte Cassino NERFINISHED
author Gregory the Great NERFINISHED
Pope Gregory I NERFINISHED
circulatedWithin Western monastic communities
contains accounts of exorcisms
accounts of healings
accounts of prophetic visions
accounts of protection from physical danger
countryOfOrigin Italy
dateWritten late 6th century
depicts founding of Monte Cassino by Benedict of Nursia
miraculous events in Benedict’s monastic community
focusesOn life of Saint Benedict of Nursia
miracles of Saint Benedict of Nursia
genre hagiography
saint’s life
hasCharacter Benedict of Nursia NERFINISHED
monks of Benedict’s community
various laypeople aided by Benedict
hasForm prose narrative
influenced later hagiographical traditions about Benedict
medieval Benedictine spirituality
intendedAudience Christian monks
lay Christians seeking edification
language Latin
mainSubject Saint Benedict of Nursia NERFINISHED
partOf Dialogues of Gregory the Great NERFINISHED
preservedIn medieval Latin manuscripts
relatedWork Book I of the Dialogues NERFINISHED
Book III of the Dialogues NERFINISHED
Book IV of the Dialogues NERFINISHED
religiousTheme asceticism
divine providence
miracles as signs of holiness
monastic obedience
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism
Western Christianity NERFINISHED
setting Italy in the 5th and 6th centuries
theologicalPerspective Latin patristic theology
titleInLatin Liber II Dialogorum NERFINISHED
usedAsSourceFor cult of Saint Benedict
iconography of Saint Benedict
workNumberInSeries 2

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Dialogues hasPart Book II of the Dialogues