‘Gregory the Great’. Born RomeRome This Italian city was the capital of the Roman Empire and, with the primacy accorded to the bishops of Rome (the popes), the centre of the Western Church from the late-Antique period onwards. Rome was not only the administrative centre, but an important source of innovation, relics and liturgy. Missionaries from Rome played an important role in the conversion of Anglo-Saxon England from late 6th century onward. c.540, died 12 March 604. PopePope Head of the medieval church in the West. Used as a title preceding the name of the Bishop of Rome, the head of the Roman Catholic Church between 590 and 604. Responsible for sending the missionMission 1. A group of people sent out to share religious faith. 2. The task of sharing faith., led by Augustine, to the Anglo-Saxons in 597. One of the earliest accounts of his life was written by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon monkMonk Member of male religious community at WhitbyWhitby 1. A monastery was founded in Northumbria in 656 by Oswry, Christian king of Northumbria. The first abbess was Hild or Hilda. 2. Also see Synod of Whitby.. One of the ‘Fathers of the ChurchFathers of the Church Christian leaders and thinkers, living mostly between the end of the first century and the eighth century, whose writings (including biblical commentaries, sermons, histories, poetry and biography) were considered to carry particular authority. Key figures included St Ambrose (b. 340), Bishop of Milan (374-397), St Jerome (340/2-420) and St Augustine (b. 354), Bishop of Hippo in North Africa (396-430). The term can also refer more generally to the many churchmen who were deemed to be authoritative commentators on doctrinal, theological, liturgical and biblical matters between the 1st and 12th centuries.’, credited with many liturgicalLiturgical Relating to the liturgy (worship) of the church and the festivals of the Church Year. reforms and responsible for many works of biblical exegesis. Wrote commentaries on scriptureScripture Term used for sacred writings. In Christianity used of the Bible., homilies, the Dialogues and Book of Pastoral Care.