Gregorius
Gregorius [1]
( 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.
