Johannes Hymonides

In his Vita Gregorii he mentions that he had at the Suburra a rather large estate with a dwelling, and an oratory dedicated to St. John.

The work is divided into four books: in the first he gives an account of the life of Gregory up to the time of his pontificate; in the second, of his activities as pope; in the third, of his teachings; and in the fourth, of his progress in perfection.

[3] The division into four parts, by the author reflects the order of the material in Gregory's own Regula pastoralis, in which the characteristics of the perfect pastor are outlined.

The biography of Gregory sketches the lines of ecclesiastical policy of the pontiff, without indulging in the miraculous and supernatural elements typical of medieval hagiographies, which were introduced in later revisions of the work.

[2] The short commentary on the Heptateuch based on patristic sources in Bibliothèque Nationale manuscript Lat.