Pope Gregory the Great

Gregory was born at Rome about 540 and became pope in 590. In 596 he sent Augustine on his mission to Britain, and he died in 604. He is counted among the four Latin Doctors of the Church.

Several hymns have been ascribed to him. This page holds the one that John Brownlie (1896) gives to him without a doubt, Lucis Creator optime, in Brownlie's English version.