section_path: Titles/Servant of the servants of God
section_name: Servant of the servants of God
paragraph_text: Servant of the servants of God
  
  Although the description "servant of the servants of God" (Latin: servus servorum Dei) was also used by other Church leaders, including Augustine of Hippo and Benedict of Nursia, it was first used extensively as a papal title by Gregory the Great, reportedly as a lesson in humility for the patriarch of Constantinople, John the Faster, who had assumed the title " ecumenical patriarch ". It became reserved for the pope in the 12th century and is used in papal bulls and similar important papal documents.
  
  Although the description "servant of the servants of God" (Latin: servus servorum Dei) was also used by other Church leaders, including Augustine of Hippo and Benedict of Nursia, it was first used extensively as a papal title by Gregory the Great, reportedly as a lesson in humility for the patriarch of Constantinople, John the Faster, who had assumed the title " ecumenical patriarch ". It became reserved for the pope in the 12th century and is used in papal bulls and similar important papal documents.