San Gregorio Magno, Tsaran ranar Satumba 3

(kimanin 540 - Maris 12, 604)

Labarin San Gregorio Magno
Gregory shine shugaban Rome kafin yakai shekara 30. Bayan shekara biyar a ofis ya yi murabus, ya kafa gidajen ibada guda shida a gidansa na Sicilian kuma ya zama ɗariƙar Benedictine a gidansa da ke Rome.

Da aka naɗa firist, Gregory ya zama ɗaya daga cikin limaman cocin bakwai kuma ya yi shekaru shida a Gabas a matsayin wakilin papal a Constantinople. An sake tuna shi ya zama baban, amma yana da shekara 50 sai malamai da Romawa suka zaɓe shi a matsayin shugaban Kirista.

Gregory kai tsaye ne kuma mai azanci ne. Ya cire firistoci marasa cancanta daga ofis, ya hana karɓar kuɗi don aiyuka da yawa, ya zubar da baitul mali don fansar fursunonin Lombards da kula da yahudawa da aka tsananta musu da waɗanda annoba da yunwa suka shafa. Ya damu ƙwarai game da tubar Ingila, ya aika da sufaye 40 daga gidan sufi. An san shi da sauye-sauyen litattafai da kuma ƙarfafa girmamawa ga koyarwa. Ko ya kasance yana da alhakin sake yin waƙar "Gregorian" yana da rikici.

Gregory ya rayu a cikin wani lokaci na gwagwarmaya tare da mamayewar Lombards da kuma mawuyacin dangantaka da Gabas. Lokacin da Rome kanta ke fuskantar hari, ya yi hira da sarkin Lombard.

Littafinsa, Pastoral Care, kan ayyuka da halayen bishop, an karanta shi ƙarnuka da yawa bayan mutuwarsa. Ya bayyana bishop da farko a matsayin likitoci wadanda aikinsu na farko shi ne wa’azi da horo. A cikin wa'azinsa na duniya, Gregory ya kware wurin amfani da bisharar yau da kullun ga bukatun masu sauraronsa. An kira shi "Mai Girma," Gregory ya sami wuri tare da Augustine, Ambrose da Jerome a matsayin ɗayan manyan likitoci huɗu na Ikklisiyar Yamma.

Wani masanin tarihin Angilikan ya rubuta: “Ba shi yiwuwa a yi tunanin abin da rikice-rikice, rashin bin doka, da hargitsi na Zamani na Tsakiya da ba tare da tsarin mulki na zamanin dā ba; kuma na tsohuwar papacy, mahaifin na ainihi shine Gregory the Great “.

Tunani
Gregory ya gamsu da kasancewa mai zuhudu, amma da aka tambaye shi, da farin ciki ya yi wa Cocin hidima ta wasu hanyoyi. Ya sadaukar da abubuwan da yake so a hanyoyi da yawa, musamman lokacin da aka kira shi ya zama Bishop na Rome. Da zarar an kira shi zuwa sabis na jama'a, Gregory ya ba da cikakken ƙarfinsa ga wannan aikin. Bayanin Gregory na bishop din a matsayin likitoci ya yi daidai da bayanin Paparoma Francis game da Cocin a matsayin "asibitin filin".