 To further promulgate the Christian faith of the Catholics, she also welcomed Catholic missionaries across her realm.Taking full advantage of her piety and possibly to incentivize her continued Catholic proclivities, Pope Gregory sent her a series of silver ampullas of Syro-Palestinian craftsmanship, a gospel casket, and a golden cross from Byzantium.The cross was gem-encrusted and was meant as a symbol of the "impending Kingdom of God".