GREGORY of Nazianzen, surnamed the Divine, was one of the most illustrious ornaments of the Greek church in the fourth age. He was made bishop of Constantinople in 397; but finding his election contested by Timotheus, archbishop of Alexandria, he voluntarily resigned his dignity about 382, in the general council of Constantinople. His works are extant, in two volumes, printed at Paris in 1609. His style is said to be equal to that of the most celebrated orators of ancient Greece.