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Gregorius
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Γρηόριος ) Argentinus, or St. Gregory of Agrigentum, a Greek theologian, was born near Agrigentumn about A.D. 524. Destined for the priesthood by his pious parents, he studied at Jerusalem for five years, and was there ordained deacon. ‘ Thence he went to Antioch and, Constantinople,' and gained high repute both places for learning, eloquence, and sanctity. From Constantinople he went to Rome, ands the; pope named him bishop of Agrigentum in Sicily. Two disappointed aspirants for the see hired a prostitute to charge him with fornications. He went to Constantinople, and was pronounced innocent by Justinian. Returning to Agrigentum, he cried there, November 23, 562. He wrote Orationes and Conciones; also a Commentarius in Ecclesiasten. This last is lost; the others are given in the life of Gregory, by Leontius, to be found in Cajetanus, Sancti Siculi, volume 1. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, 21:856; Cave, Hist. Lit. anno 535; Clarke, Succession of Sacred Literature, 2:512.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Gregorius'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/g/gregorius.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
