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Gregory of Agrigento
Italian catholic bishop
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 23 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
650
Died
630
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Agrigento, Saint Gregory, bishop, who is said to have commented on the sacred books, opening the divine mysteries to the unlearned.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 23 November as a bishop of Agrigento who, tradition says, explained the Scriptures to the unlearned.
Connected on this site
- Gregory I Saint“Gregory (559–630) was a Sicilian Christian prelate who served as Bishop of Agrigento from 590 until at least 603 and was a correspondent of Pope Gregory I.” — Wikipedia
- Gregory of Lilybaeum Saint“In the Life of Saint Gregory of Agrigento, written around the end of the 7th century by Leontius, abbot of San Saba in Rome, it is recorded that Gregory of Agrigento was imprisoned in the very place where a bishop named Gregory of Lilybaeum, the ancient Sicilian diocese now called Marsala, had once been held and…” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 23 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q9282211 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gregory of Agrigento (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.