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Gregory the Patrician (Greek: Γρηγόριος, romanized: Grēgórios; Latin: Flavius Gregorius, died 647) was a Byzantine Exarch of Africa (modern Tunisia, eastern Algeria and western Libya). A relative of the ruling Heraclian dynasty , Gregory was fiercely pro- Chalcedonian and led a rebellion in 646 against Emperor Constans II over the ...
In 646, the exarch Gregory the Patrician launched a rebellion against Emperor Constans II. The obvious reason was the latter's support for Monothelitism, but it undoubtedly was also a reaction to the Muslim conquest of Egypt , and the threat it presented to Byzantine Africa .
Due to the unrest caused by theological disputes concerning Monothelitism and Monoenergism, the exarchate under Gregory the Patrician distanced itself from the empire in open revolt. The flood of refugees from Egypt (especially Melkites ), Palestine, and Syria exacerbated religious tensions in Carthage and further raised the alarm to Gregory of ...
Patricia Gregory MBE (born c.1947, London, England [1]) is an advocate for women's football in England. She was a founding member of the Women's Football Association (WFA) and acted as its second Honorary Secretary from 1973 to 1981.
For the members of the ancient Roman patrician gentes, use Category:Ancient Roman patricians. Not to be confused with the holders of the non-imperial medieval title of patricius Romanorum , for which see Category:Medieval Roman patricians .
The situation was complicated by the violent opposition to Monothelitism by the clergy in the west and the related rebellion of the Exarch of Carthage, Gregory the Patrician. The latter fell in battle against the army of caliph Uthman, and the region remained a vassal state under the Caliphate until civil war broke out and imperial rule was ...
Trasilla and Emiliana were sisters who came from an ancient Roman noble family, the gens Anicia. Their brother, Senator Gordian, was a rich patrician who owned "a magnificent villa on the Caelian Hill and large estates in Sicily", [1] and who became the father of Pope Gregory I. [4]
Patrician may refer to: Patrician (ancient Rome) , the original aristocratic families of ancient Rome, and a synonym for "aristocratic" in modern English usage Patrician (post-Roman Europe) , the governing elites of cities in parts of medieval and Early Modern Europe