Moral Theology: Its Method and Masters
Sayrus (Saye), Gregor.
Drawn from the authors' own words; every quotation links to its place.
Benedictine · 1560–1602
Dates differ: Prümmer 1560–1602; Haringer ?–1602.
Life
Born England (Prümmer: 1560); died 1602 (Prümmer). [Hurter, vol. III, no. 261, col. 601]
- Gregory Sayer (Saye, Sayrus), English Benedictine (of the Cassinese congregation, after the monk named just before him by Hurter). [Hurter, vol. III, no. 261, col. 601]
- Wrote a Thesaurus casuum conscientiae on censures, other penalties and canonical impediments (Venice, 1606, and often: 1614, Douai 1621) and the Clavis regia sacerdotum casuum conscientiae (Venice, 1605, 1607, 1615), abridged by Constantius de Notariis (1613); also gathered the Flores decisionum from the counsels of Navarrus. [Hurter, vol. III, no. 261, col. 601]
- Ziegelbauer, cited by Hurter, set him among the foremost casuists while giving the palm to Graffius [Hurter, vol. III, no. 261, col. 601]
Sources: H. Hurter, S.J., Nomenclator literarius theologiae catholicae, 3rd ed. (Innsbruck, 1903-1913), read on archive.org. Each fact names where it was read; the links go to the page or entry itself.
In Prümmer's Catalogue and Haringer's Index
- “Sayrus (Saye), Gregor., O.S.B., English (1560-1602), wrote several distinguished moral works, for example Clavis regia sacerdotum, casuum conscientiae ... locos omnes aperiens, in folio, Venice 1605, edited ten times down to 1659; Thesaurus casuum conscientiae de censuris ecclesiasticis, in folio, Venice 1601, and seven times afterward. Besides this, Sayrus arranged some similar moral works from the works of Navarrus. The works of Sayrus were always of great authority among all theologians, and it is remarkable that this man, who departed from this life at the age of 42 years, was able to complete so many volumes, and those very weighty.” — Prümmer, Catalogue of authors
- [**: weighty, probabilist] “Sayrus Gregorius, English, Benedictine of Monte Cassino (Royal Key. On Censures), died 1602.” — Haringer's index of writers (Gury-Ballerini) (p. XXVIII, sign read on the page)
His Moral System, as Our Authors Report It
Every report quoted in the author's own words and linked to its place; point at a name to see his words. Haringer's signs give St. Alphonsus's judgment as Haringer found it in St. Alphonsus's works (his notice, Gury-Ballerini, 1884, p. XI); a sign on a writer the 1884 editor added to the list is the editor's own, and is said to be his.
| Probabilist | |
|---|---|
| “Sayrus Gregorius, English, Benedictine of Monte Cassino (Royal Key. On Censures), died 1602.”Haringer marks him **, giving St. Alphonsus's judgment of him (weighty and probabilist) | Haringer's index, Index of writers, p. XXVIII |
Where Our Authors Discuss Him
Each read in its full passage; the words quoted are the author's own. Where several authors say the same thing, one is quoted and the others follow “in nearly the same words”; point at a name to see his words.
| “Candidus, O.Pr. (1654); Sayrus, O.S.B. (1602)”Vermeersch names him among those who treated the whole of moral theology solidly but less scholastically | Vermeersch, Theologia moralis I, n. 19 |
Works Our Authors Used
- Sayrus, Clavis regia sacerdotum casuum conscientiae, Venice, 1618. — Tanquerey's list
- Sayrus, Gregorius, 1570-1602, Clavis regia sacerdotum casuum conscientiae, Venice, 1618. — Tanquerey's list
No article in the Catholic Encyclopedia (1913).