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Dialogues

St Gregory the Dialogist, tr. P. W., 1608

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Book 1, Preface
Book 1, 1. Of Honoratus, Abbot of the Monastery of Funda
Book 1, 2. Of Libertinus, Prior of the Same Abbey
Book 1, 3. Of a Certain Monk, that Was Gardener to the Same Abbey
Book 1, 4. Of Equitius, Abbot in the Province of Valeria
Book 1, 5. Of Constantius, Clerk of the Church of St. Stephen
Book 1, 6. Of Marcellinus, Bishop of Ancona
Book 1, 7. Of Nonnosus, Prior of the Abbey in Mount Soracte
Book 1, 8. Of Anastasius, Abbot of the Monastery Called Suppentonia
Book 1, 9. Of Bonifacius, Bishop of Ferenti
Book 1, 10. Of Fortunatus, Bishop of the City of Tuderti
Book 1, 11. Of Martirius, a Monk in the Province of Valeria
Book 1, 12. Of Severus, a Priest in the Same Province
Book 2, Preface
Book 2, 1. How He Made a Broken Sieve Whole and Sound
Book 2, 2. How He Overcame a Great Temptation of the Flesh
Book 2, How Benedict, by the Sign of the Holy Cross, Broke a Drinking-glass in Pieces
Book 2, How Benedict Reformed a Monk that Would Not Stay at His Prayers
Book 2, Of a Fountain that Sprung Forth in the Top of a Mountain, by the Prayers of the…
Book 2, How the Iron Head of a Bill, from the Bottom of the Water, Returned to the Handle…
Book 2, 7. How Maurus Walked Upon the Water
Book 2, 8. How a Loaf Was Poisoned, and Carried Far Off by a Crow
Book 2, 9. How Venerable Benedict, by His Prayer, Removed a Huge Stone
Book 2, 10. Of the Fantastical Fire, Which Burnt the Kitchen
Book 2, How Venerable Benedict Revived a Boy, Crushed to Death with the Ruin of a Wall
Book 2, How by Revelation Venerable Benedict Knew that His Monks Had Eaten Out of the…
Book 2, Of the Brother of Valentinian the Monk, Whom the Man of God Blamed for Eating in…
Book 2, How the Dissimulation of King Totila Was Discovered and Found Out by Venerable…
Book 2, How Venerable Benedict Prophesied to King Totila, and Also to the Bishop of…
Book 2, Of a Certain Clergyman, Whom Venerable Benedict for a Time Delivered from a Devil
Book 2, How the Man of God, Benedict, Did Foretell the Suppression of One of His Own…
Book 2, How Blessed Benedict Knew the Hiding Away of a Flagon of Wine
Book 2, How the Man of God Knew that One of His Monks Had Received Certain Handkerchiefs
Book 2, How Holy Benedict Knew the Proud Thought of One of His Monks
Book 2, Of Two Hundred Bushels of Meal, Found Before the Man of God’s Cell
Book 2, How, by Vision, Venerable Benedict Disposed the Building of the Abbey of Taracina
Book 2, 23. Of Certain Nuns Absolved After Their Death
Book 2, 24. Of a Boy that After His Burial Was Cast Out of His Grave
Book 2, How a Monk, Forsaking the Abbey, Met with a Dragon in the Way
Book 2, 26. How Holy Benedict Cured a Boy of Leprosy
Book 2, 27. How Benedict Found Money Miraculously to Relieve a Poor Man
Book 2, How a Cruet of Glass Was Thrown Upon the Stones, and Not Broken
Book 2, 29. How an Empty Barrel Was Filled with Oil
Book 2, 30. How Benedict Delivered a Monk from the Devil
Book 2, Of a Country Fellow, that, with the Only Sight of the Man of God, Was Loosed from…
Book 2, 32. How by Prayer Venerable Benedict Raised Up a Dead Child
Book 2, 33. Of a Miracle Wrought by His Sister Scholastica
Book 2, 34. How Benedict Saw the Soul of His Sister Ascend into Heaven
Book 2, How He Saw the Whole World Represented Before His Eyes: And Also the Soul of…
Book 2, 36. How Holy Benedict Wrote a Rule for His Monks
Book 2, How Venerable Benedict Did Prophesy to His Monks, the Time of His Own Death
Book 2, 38. How a Mad Woman Was Cured in His Cave
Book 3, Preface
Book 3, 1. Of St. Paulinus, Bishop of the City of Nola
Book 3, 2. Of St. John, the Pope
Book 3, 3. Of St. Agapitus, the Pope
Book 3, 4. Of Datius, Bishop of Milan
Book 3, 5. Of Sabinus, Bishop of Camisina
Book 3, 6. Of Cassius, Bishop of Narni
Book 3, 7. Of Andrew, Bishop of Funda
Book 3, 8. Of Constantius, Bishop of Aquinum
Book 3, 9. Of Frigidianus, Bishop of Lucca
Book 3, 10. Of Sabinus, Bishop of Placentia
Book 3, 11. Of Cerbonius, Bishop of Populonium
Book 3, 12. Of Fulgentius, Bishop of Otricoli
Book 3, 13. Of Herculanus, Bishop of Perusium
Book 3, 14. Of the Servant of God, Isaac
Book 3, 15. Of the Servants of God Euthicius and Florentius
Book 3, 16. Of Marcius, the Monk of Mount Marsico
Book 3, 17. How a Monk of Mount Argentario Raised Up a Dead Man
Book 3, 18. Of Benedict the Monk
Book 3, Of the Church of Blessed Zeno the Martyr: In Which the Water Ascended Higher Than…
Book 3, Of a Priest Called Stephen, in the Province of Valeria: Whose Stockings the Devil…
Book 3, Of a Nun that, by Her Only Commandment, Dispossessed a Devil
Book 3, Of a Priest in the Province of Valeria, Who Detained a Thief at His Grave
Book 3, 23. Of the Abbot of Mount Preneste, and His Priest
Book 3, Of Theodorus, Keeper of St. Peter’sChurch, in the City of Rome
Book 3, 25. Of Abundius, Keeper of the Same Church of St. Peter
Book 3, 26. Of a Solitary Monk Called Menas
Book 3, Of Forty Country Husbandmen that Were Slain by the Lombards, Because They Would…
Book 3, Of a Great Number of Prisoners that Were Slain, Because They Would Not Adore a…
Book 3, 29. Of an Arian Bishop that Was Miraculously Struck Blind
Book 3, How a Church of the Arians in Rome Was Hallowed According to the Catholic Manner
Book 3, Of King Hermigildus, Son to Leuigildus, King of the Visigoths; Who Was, for the…
Book 3, Of Certain Bishops of Africa, Who Had Their Tongues Cut Out by the Vandals, that…
Book 3, 33. Of the Servant of God, Eleutherius
Book 3, 34. Of the Divers Kinds of Compunction
Book 3, 35. Of Amantius, a Priest in the Province of Tuscania
Book 3, 36. Of Marimianus, Bishop of Syracusis
Book 3, 37. Of Sanctulus, a Priest in the Province of Nursia
Book 3, 38. Of the Vision of Redemptus, Bishop of the City of Ferenti
Book 4, How Carnal Men Give the Less Credit to Those Things Which Be Eternal and…
Book 4, 2. That an Infidel Liveth Not Without Faith
Book 4, 3. That God Creates Three Kinds of Spirits with Life
Book 4, Of Solomon’s Question, to Wit: The Death of Men and Beasts is All One
Book 4, Of a Question Concerning the Soul, Which Goeth Invisibly Out of the Body: To Wit,…
Book 4, That as the Life of the Soul Remaining in the Body, is Gathered by the Motion of…
Book 4, 7. Of the Departure of Men’s Souls
Book 4, 8. Of the Departure of the Soul of Speciosus, a Monk
Book 4, 9. Of the Soul of a Certain Anchoret
Book 4, 10. Of the Departure of Abbot Hope’s Soul
Book 4, 11. Of the Departure of a Priest’s Soul, Called Ursinus
Book 4, 12. Of the Soul of Probus, Bishop of the City of Reati
Book 4, 13. Of the Death of a Nun Called Galla
Book 4, Of the Departure of a Poor Man, Sick of the Palsy, Called Servulus
Book 4, 15. Of the Departure of a Nun Called Romula
Book 4, 16. Of the Departure of the Holy Virgin Tarsilla
Book 4, 17. Of the Departure of a Young Maid Called Musa
Book 4, How Certain Young Children are Hindered from Heaven by Their Parents’ Wicked…
Book 4, 19. Of the Departure of the Man of God Called Stephen
Book 4, How Sometime the Merit of the Soul is Not So Truly Declared at the Time of the…
Book 4, 21. Of the Two Monks of Abbot Valentinus
Book 4, 22. Of the Departure of Abbot Suranus
Book 4, Of the Departure of a Deacon Belonging to the Church of the Marsori
Book 4, 24. Of the Death of the Man of God, that Was Sent to Bethel
Book 4, Whether the Souls of Just Men Be Received into Heaven, Before the General…
Book 4, By What Means It Happens, that Those Which Lie Dying Do Prophesy of Things to…
Book 4, 27. Of the Death of Count Theophanius
Book 4, That, as We Believe the Souls of Just and Perfect Men to Be in Heaven; So We…
Book 4, The Reason Why We Ought to Believe, that Corporal Fire Can Hold and Torment the…
Book 4, 30. Of the Death of King Theodoricus, Who Was an Arian Heretic
Book 4, 31. Of the Death of Reparatus
Book 4, 32. Of the Death of a Courtier: Whose Grave Burned with Fire
Book 4, That in Heaven the Good Know the Good: And in Hell the Wicked Have Knowledge of…
Book 4, Of a Certain Religious Man, that at His Death Saw the Prophets
Book 4, How Sometime Souls Ready to Depart This World, that Know Not One Another, Know…
Book 4, Of Those Souls Which Seem as It Were Through Error to Be Taken Out of Their…
Book 4, Who the Souls of Some Men, Being Yet in Their Bodies, Do See Some Spiritual…
Book 4, 38. Of the Death of Chrisorius: And of a Certain Monk of Iconia
Book 4, 39. Whether There Be Any Fire of Purgatory in the Next World
Book 4, 40. Of the Soul of Paschasius the Deacon
Book 4, Why in Latter Times So Many Things Be Known, Concerning Men’s Souls: Which in…
Book 4, 42. In What Place of the World We Ought to Believe that Hell is
Book 4, 43. Whether There is One Fire in Hell, or Many
Book 4, 44. Whether Those that Be in Hell Shall Burn There for Ever
Book 4, How the Soul is Said to Be Immortal and Never to Die: If It Be Punished with the…
Book 4, 46. Of a Certain Holy Man that Was Afraid When He Came to Die
Book 4, How Some by Divine Revelation are Discharged from Fear at Their Death. And of the…
Book 4, Whether Dreams are to Be Believed: And How Many Kinds of Dreams There Be
Book 4, Of One Who in His Dream Had Long Life Promised Him, and Yet Died Shortly After
Book 4, Whether the Souls Receive Any Benefit, If Their Bodies Be Buried in the Church
Book 4, Of a Certain Nun that Was Buried in the Church, Which Appeared with Her Body Half…
Book 4, 52. Of the Burial of Valerianus
Book 4, Of the Body of Valentinus, that Was After His Burial Cast Out of the Church
Book 4, Of the Body of a Dyer Buried in the Church, Which Afterward Could Not Be Found
Book 4, What is Available for the Soul After Death: And of a Priest of Centumcellis, Who…
Book 4, 56. Of the Life and Departure of Bishop Cassius
Book 4, Of One that Was Taken by His Enemies and Put in Prison, Whose Irons Fell Off at…
Book 4, 58. Of the Virtue and Mystery of the Holy Sacrifice
Book 4, How We Ought to Procure Sorrow of Heart, at the Time of the Holy Mysteries: And…
Book 4, That We Ought to Pardon Other Men Their Sins, that We May Obtain Remission of Our…