John R C Martyn

John R. C. Martyn, a graduate of Cambridge University, lectured at Melbourne University from 1958 (when he was the youngest lecturer on campus) until 2000, when he at last had time to write books and articles and reviews. Appointed as a Principle Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, he soon published several works, mostly connected with the greatest of all Popes, Gregory the Great. All of his letters were edited and translated into English and were published by the...See more

John R. C. Martyn, a graduate of Cambridge University, lectured at Melbourne University from 1958 (when he was the youngest lecturer on campus) until 2000, when he at last had time to write books and articles and reviews. Appointed as a Principle Fellow in the School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, he soon published several works, mostly connected with the greatest of all Popes, Gregory the Great. All of his letters were edited and translated into English and were published by the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto, in 2004. In late 2012, a fascinating manuscript containing three dozen of the Pope's letters was found in the Potter gallery at Melbourne University; the only manuscript of letters or of historical works to have illuminated capital letters. Cambridge Scholars Publishing has also published Martyn's Pope Gregory and the Brides of Christ (2009), Pope Gregory's Special Concern for Women (2011) and Pope Gregory's Letter-Bearers (2012). See less