Saint Gregory the Great
Author: Unknown
Date: 16th century
Material: Polychromed limestone
Dimensions (cm): H 77,5 x W 29 x D 21
Provenance: Unknown
Inventory No.: MAS E 46
Saint Gregory, a free-standing sculpture, wears a cope fastened with a brooch and a pontifical tiara. He holds a staff topped by a papal cross in his right hand and an open book on his left one.
Gregory became Pope in 590, after the death of Pelagius II. He was a great administrator and reformer of the church, namely regarding the primitive Christian chants and hymns and he is considered to be one of the Doctors of the Latin Church.