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[[File:Graduale Aboense 2.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Introit]] ''Gaudeamus omnes'', scripted in square notation in the 14th–15th century ''Graduale Aboense'', honors [[Henry (bishop of Finland)|Henry, patron saint of Finland]]]]
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'''Gregorian chant''' is the central tradition of Western [[plainsong|plainchant]], a form of [[monophony|monophonic]], unaccompanied sacred song of the western [[Roman Catholic Church]]. Gregorian chant developed mainly in western and central Europe during the 9th and 10th centuries, with later additions and redactions. Although popular legend credits [[Pope Gregory I|Pope St. Gregory the Great]] with inventing Gregorian chant, scholars believe that it arose from a later [[Carolingian]] synthesis of Roman chant and [[Gallican chant]].
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