Gregory (6th century - ...) was a prefect of the Byzantine Italian pretoria lived in the 6th century. Biography modifies wikitesto

It is certified as Prefect of the Pretoria of Italy in 595.

He was present in Rome during the siege of Agilulfo King of the Longobards; he supported, together with Magister Militum Casto, Pope Gregory I in his attempts to negotiate a truce with Agilulfo, falling for this in disgrace against the Emperor, at the time at peace; Pope Gregory tried to defend the work of Gregory the prefect and Casto in an epistle directed to Emperor Maurice (June 595). Surely it was no longer in office in 598 (it is quoted in the epistles as ex praefecto).

In 598 Gregory received the order to go to Sicily to present the accounts to the imperial officer Leonzio; the latter had been sent by the Emperor to Sicily to examine the accounts of many former officers to check that they had not committed any illicit and fraud; Gregory sought shelter in a church in Rome along with other officers, but they were persuaded by Pope Gregory to follow Leonzio's address, Marco, in Sicily to be examined (September / October 598). Before leaving for Sicily, he decided to build a basilica in honor of many saints and Pope Gregory tried to help him by writing to numerous bishops to send relics to Rome (October 598). He fell ill, but reached Sicily towards the end of the year. Pope Gregory was concerned about his fate, writing to Leonzio and other important officials or bishops in Sicily to treat the ex-prefect Gregorio well.

Gregory owned lands in Reggio, where he had a dispute over property with the Church, in Campania, Naples and Sorrento. Notemodify wikitesto Bibliografiamodifica wikitesto

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