Quotation Listing
Gregory the Great
- The sky was so clear at the time that there was not a cloud in sight. At [St. Benedict]'s refusal [to stay], Scholastica folded her hands on the table and rested her head upon them in earnest prayer. When she looked up again, there was a sudden burst of lightning and thunder, accompanied by such a downpour that Benedict and his companions were unable to set a foot outside the door.
- Gregory the Great, Dialogues
Source: Readings in Medieval History. ed. Patrick J. Geary, Ontario: Broadview Press, 1998. 204.
- ...the whole world was gathered up before his eyes in what appeared to be a single ray of light. As he gazed at all this dazzling display, he saw the soul of Germanus, the bishop of Capua, being carried by angels up to heaven in a ball of fire.
- Gregory the Great, Dialogues
Source: Readings in Medieval History. ed. Patrick J. Geary, Ontario: Broadview Press, 1998. 205.