Beirut was first mentioned in writing as a major center for the study of law in the 239 works of Gregory Thaumaturgus, the bishop of Neo-Caesarea.
Gregory Peck | Gregory of Tours | Order of St. Gregory the Great | Gregory Bateson | Pope Gregory VII | Gregory of Nyssa | Pope Gregory XIII | Pope Gregory XVI | Lady Gregory | Gregory S. Paul | Gregory Corso | Pope Gregory XV | Gregory of Nazianzus | Pope Gregory XI | Philippa Gregory | Gregory the Illuminator | Gregory Olsen | Gregory Blaxland | Dick Gregory | Pope Gregory I | Gregory Reinhart | Gregory Deyermenjian | Gregory Crewdson | Gregory Benford | Francis Thomas Gregory | Andre Gregory | Pope Gregory X | Pope Gregory VI | Jack Gregory | Gregory Thaumaturgus |
The common Christians saints are depicted below the Communion scene, including Pope Sylvester, Saint James the son of Alpheus, Saint John Chrysostom, Basil the Great, Gregory the Illuminator, Jacob of Mtsbin, Clement of Rome, Gregory the Thaumaturgist, Cyril of Alexandria and Eusebius of Caesarea.
Gregory of Nyssa tells that Gregory Thaumaturgus, when still a pagan, having completed his secular studies, "fell in with Firmilian, a Cappadocian of noble family, similar to himself in character and talent, as he showed in his subsequent life when he adorned the Church of Caesarea."