August 25th

Saint Gregory of Utrecht

Saint · Common of Abbots · Utrecht, Netherlands

At Utrecht in Gelderland, within Austrasia, Saint Gregory, abbot, who while still a youth straightway followed Saint Boniface as he set out to convert Hesse and Thuringia, and afterwards, by Boniface’s own command, ruled the monastery of Saint Martin as abbot and governed the Church of Utrecht.

Latin Original

— Ultraiécti in Géldria Austrásiz, sancti Gregórii, abbátis, qui adhuc aduléscens sanctum DBonifátium ad Hássize et Thuringize conversiónem pergéntem contínuo secütus est, dein de ipsíus mandáto monastérium Sancti Martini abbas rexit et Ecclésiam Ultraiecténsem gubernávit.