Dialogues
Gregory's four books of conversations with the deacon Peter on the lives and miracles of the saints of Italy (593-594). The whole of Book II is the Life of St. Benedict, the only early account of him. Latin text of the Maurist tradition; English by the 1608 'P.W.' translation as edited by Edmund G. Gardner (1911), with his notes.
Contents
Source: Books I-IV in one file each (ch001-ch004). Wikitext removed, paragraphs rebuilt, chapter titles set in bold. The marginal summaries of Book II, printed in brackets in the text, are kept as footnotes; the section numbers [1], [2]... of Book II are kept in the text. Raw text in sources/la-originals. · Books I-IV (CCEL pages gregory_01 to gregory_04). The 1608 spelling is Gardner's modernised text. Gardner's footnotes and editorial notes (moved to the end of each book in the transcription) are kept as footnotes. Page numbers removed. Gardner's Introduction (about 2,700 words) is left out. The Chapter divisions of Book II (38 chapters) follow the Maurist edition, whereas the Latin file divides Book II in six chapters, so the two languages correspond by Book, not by chapter, in Book II.