E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Wonder-worker.
St. Gregory, of Neo-Cæsare’a, in Pontus. So called because he “recalled devils at his will, stayed a river, killed a Jew by the mere effort of his will, changed a lake into solid earth, and did many other wonderful things.” (See THAUMATURGUS.)
