GREGORY, Bishop of Ostia. - Neither the year nor the place of his birth is known, nor is the year of his death known with precision; it probably occurred on 9 May 1044 at Logroño (Latin Lucerinum) in Navarre (Spain). He was a Benedictinemonk, abbot of Sts. Cosmas and Damian in Mica Aurea in Rome (998-1004).
He was elected bishop of Ostia probably under Benedict IX, around 1033-34. Some also consider him librarian of the Holy Roman Church, while others say he was only chancellor. He was certainly a man of great learning and holiness. In 1039 he was sent by Pope Benedict IX as legate to the Kingdom of Navarre in Spain. On one occasion, when the Kingdom was plagued by locusts, with a sign of the cross he freed those lands, for which reason even today he is invoked against locusts and other harmful insects.
Bibliography2 worksActa SS. Mali, II, Paris 1866, pp. 463-65; BHL. I, pp. 547-48.
BIBL.: Acta SS. Mali, II, Paris 1866, pp. 463-65; BHL. I, pp. 547-48.
Pascadopoli, Edoardo. “Gregorio, vescovo d'ostia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1111. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/gregorio-vescovo-d-ostia.
MLA
Pascadopoli, Edoardo. “Gregorio, vescovo d'ostia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1111. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/gregorio-vescovo-d-ostia.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec6_gregorio_vescovo_d_ostia,
author = {Pascadopoli, Edoardo},
title = {Gregorio, vescovo d'ostia},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {1111},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/gregorio-vescovo-d-ostia}
}
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