**His exceptional, I would say, almost unique figure is an example to hold up both to pastors of the Church and to public administrators: indeed, he was first Prefect and then Bishop of Rome.**
I laughed when I first read that Pope Gregory the Great was first a politician.
Then, reading further I realized what a truly remarkable man he was.
We need Pope Gregroy the Great today in the liturgy and in the music.
Pope Gregory the Great pray for us!
I Had a Dream: The Music of Palestrina and Gregory the Great Had Come Back
Isn't THAT the truth.