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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 ...
Gregory the Patrician, Exarch of Africa; Harsha, emperor of Harsha ; Li Baiyao, Chinese official and historian (b. 564) Seondeok, queen of Silla [2] Xiao Yu, prince of the Liang dynasty (b. 574) Yang Shidao, chancellor of the Tang dynasty
646–647: Rebellion of Gregory the Patrician, Exarch of Africa. 650–652: Rebellion of Olympius, Exarch of Ravenna. ca. 651: Rebellion and defection to the Arabs of Armenian soldiers under Theodore Rshtuni. 667: Revolt of Saborios, the general of the Armeniacs. 668–669: Murder of Constans II and attempted usurpation by Mizizios in Sicily.
Pope Gregory I (Latin: Gregorius I; c. 540 – 12 March 604), commonly known as Saint Gregory the Great, was the 64th Bishop of Rome from 3 September 590 to his death. [1] [a] He is known for instituting the first recorded large-scale mission from Rome, the Gregorian mission, to convert the then largely pagan Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. [2]
Gregory and Veronique welcomed his only daughter, Cecilia, on May 1, 1958. "I was the youngest of his five children and his only daughter. He had been hoping for a girl, and I think we had a very ...
Nicetas was the son of the patrikios Gregoras, the brother of the Exarch of Africa Heraclius the Elder, under whom he served as magister militum in Africa. [1] [2] When Heraclius the Elder launched a rebellion against the usurper Phocas in 608, Nicetas and his father supported it. [3]