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GREGORY OF TOURS 405 GRENADA murderer of Chosrov I., King of Ar- menia. For this crime the whole family was slain save himself. He owed his escape to a Christian nurse, who secretly conveyed him, when he was 2 years old, to Caesarea, in Cappadocia, her native town. He there married a Christian, who bore him two sons, and soon after- ward became a nun. Gregory proceeded to Rome, and entered the service of Ter- dat, Chosrov's son. After Terdat (Tiri- dates III.) had, with the help of the Romans, recovered his father's kingdom (286), Gregory, for his refusal to crown with garlands the statue of Anahit, tute- lary goddess of Armenia, was thrown by Terdat into a deep pit, where a pious widow nourished him for 14 years. About the end of that time Terdat was visited with the punishment of Nebuchadnezzar. Healed and baptized by Gregory, he be- came a zealous Christian, and established Christianity by force throughout his dominions. Gregory was consecrated bishop and head of the Armenian Church by Leontius, Archbishop of Caesarea. Having resigned the patriarchate in favor of his second son Aristaces, Greg- ory in 831 retired to a cave at the foot of Mount Sebuh in Upper Armenia, where he died in 332. GREGORY OP TOURS, a Prankish historian; born in Arverna (now Cler- mont), Auvergne, France, about 540. He belonged to one of the most distin- guished Roman families of Gaul. Origin- ally called Georgius Florentius, he as- sumed the name Gregory out of respect for his mother's grandfather, Gregory, Bishop of Langres. He was educated by his uncle, Gallus, Bishop of Clermont, and after his death by Avitus, a priest of his native town. Upon his recovery from a severe sickness Gregory resolved to devote himself solely to the service ©f the Church, and by the choice of the clergy and people and favor of Sigbert, King of Austrasia, to whom Auvergne had fallen on the death of Clothan I. in 561, he became Bishop of Tours in 573. He gave himself zealously to his sacred office and the public good. In the strug- gles between Sigbert and his wife Brun- hilda on the one side against Chilperic and his wife Fredegond on the other he took the side of the former, and in the vicissitudes of a conflict in which Tours frequently changed masters had to suffer many persecutions. After the death of Chilperic he enjoyed great influence over his successors, Guntram and Childebert II. His fame rests on his "History, or Annals," the chief authority for the his- tory of Gaul in the 6th century. He died in Tours, France, Nov. 17, 594. GREGORY, THOMAS WATT, an American lawyer and public official; born at Crawfordsville, Miss., in 1861. He was educated at the - Southwestern Presbyterian University of Clarksville, Tenn., the University of Virginia, and the University of Texas. Admitted to the bar in Texas in 1885, he practiced alone until 1900 when the firm of Greg- ory and Butts was formed. As special counsel for the State of Texas and as special assistant Attorney General of the United States, he took part in many of the government cases of prosecutions under the Sherman Act. In 1914 he was appointed Attorney-General of the United States by President Wilson, and served until 1919 when he resumed pri- vate practice in New York City. GREIFSWALD (grifs'valt), a town of Prussia, in the province of Pomerania ; 2% miles from the mouth of the Ryck and 25 miles S. E. of Stralsund. The university (founded in 1456) is equipped with medical museums, laboratories, etc.; the library contains about 135,000 vol- umes. There is a considerable shipping trade. The chief industries include the making of machinery, chains, and rail- way wagons, the curing of herrings, and iron-founding. Shortly after being made a town (1250) Greifswald joined the Hanseatic League. At the peace of West- phalia (1648) it came into the possession of Sweden; but together with the whole of Swedish Pomerania was ceded to Prussia in 1815. Pop. about 25,000. GREIZ (grits), a capital of the Ger- man republic of Reuss-Greiz, and foi-- merly seat of its prince; on the White Elster, 47 miles S. S. W. of Leipsic. It contains three castles and a 13th-century church, and manufactures cotton and woolen goods, also cashmere and shawls, and possesses dyeworks and linen-print- ing establishments. The town was se- verely ravaged by fire in 1494, and again in 1802. Pop. about 23,000. GRENADA (gre-na'da), an island of volcanic origin in the British West Indies, lying N. by W. from Trinidad; area, 133 square miles; pop. 67,000. Some of the craters in the central ridge of mountains, rising to 3,000 feet, have been transformed into large lakes; streams and mineral springs abound; there are several good natural harbors. The inhabitants, who are almost all ne- groes, cultivate cocoa, coffee, and oranges; a little rum is manufactured, and spices and fruits are grown. Capital and head- quarters of the government of the Wind- ward Islands, St. George's. Grenada has been a crown colony since 1885; previous