This presumably is a reference to the carved relief of St Gregory the Great (bishop, then Pope, d. 604, Rome) above the entrance portal of abbazia of S. Gregorio.
(Franzoi and Smith (1993) p.36, No. 5 Grand Canal (Right Bank)) The Abbey of San Gregorio
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