The paper aims to analyze the state of studies on the role and figure of the bishop in the works of Gregory the Great, particularly with regard to the Homilies to Ezekiel, where the figure of the bishop, often identified and configured in the author's works as pastor or speculator, emerges in relation to his prophetic role. The aim will be to identify, within the panorama of older and more recent studies, new research perspectives on an author whose reception, especially in the medieval age, was of long duration and importance.