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    Italian saint-bishop, poet and hymnwriter (c. 530-c. 600/609)

    Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus, known as Saint Venantius Fortunatus, was a Latin poet and hymnographer in the Merovingian Court, and a bishop of the Early Church who has been venerated since the Middle Ages. Wikipedia

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    Saint Venantius Fortunatus, also known as Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus, was born into a pagan family, but he embraced Christianity at a young age. Born around 535 in Treviso, Italy, he grew up in Aquileia. There, he pursued his education and studied grammar, rhetoric, and law at Ravenna, Italy. During his time as a student, Venantius faced a personal challenge when he suffered ...
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    Known in full as Venantius Clementianus Fortunatus, he was born in Trevise, near Venice, Italy, and studied at Ravenna. He suffered from some ailment of the eye, but thanks to St. Martin of Tours, he was able to embark upon a pilgrimage in 565 which brought him to Mainz, Cologne, and Trier, Gennany, and to Metz and the Moselle
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    Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus (c. 530 - c. 600/609 AD; French: Venance Fortunat), known as Saint Venantius Fortunatus (/ v ə ˈ n æ n ʃ ə s ˌ f ɔːr tj ə ˈ n eɪ t ə s /, Latin: [weːˈnantɪ.ʊs fɔrtuːˈnaːtʊs]), was a Latin poet and hymnographer in the Merovingian Court, and a bishop of the Early Church who has been venerated since the Middle Ages.
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    Venantius Fortunatus (born c. 540, Treviso, near Venice [Italy]—died c. 600, Poitiers, Aquitaine [France]) was a poet and bishop of Poitiers, whose Latin poems and hymns combine echoes of classical Latin poets with a medieval tone, making him an important transitional figure between the ancient and medieval periods.. Probably in fulfillment of a vow to St. Martin of Tours, Fortunatus crossed ...
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    The Latin poet Venantius Fortunatus (ca. 530-600) is known today for his Holy Cross hymns, for the classicizing epithalamium that he wrote for the wedding of the Frankish king Sigibert, and for his panegyrics of the royal and powerful in Merovingian society. Yet despite the attention that has been lavished on Fortunatus's other major works, his ambitious four hundred line poem De Virginitate ...
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    [Venantius Fortunatus (530-609), the author of this text, served as advisor and secretary to Queen Radegund (b. 520-5; d. 587), who had fled her husband, the Frankish King Clothar I (d. 561), founded an abbey at Poitiers and become a nun. ... Venantius Fortunatus wrote a number of saints' lives and religious songs and poems; he became Bishop ...
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    Born Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus in 535, thankfully, we know him simply as Saint Venantius. He lived in Treviso, Italy, but was educated at Ravenna and went to Germany in the year 565. While living in Poitiers, he was ordained and also became an advisor and secretary to King Clotaire I's wife, Radegund. Eventually he was made Bishop […]
  11. Dec 14, 2024Venantius Fortunatus remains a pivotal figure in the history of Christian literature. His life and works are a testament to the rich intellectual and spiritual currents of the early medieval era. By exploring his poetry, we not only gain insight into the faith of his time but also the enduring power of poetry to resonate through the ages.
  12. Venantius Fortunatus and the Image of Episcopal Authority in Late Antique and Early Merovingian ... Church History. Vol. 34: Gender and Christian Religion, ed. R. N. Swanson (Woodbridge, I998), pp. 37-50. There is a striking contrast between this extensive literature and the lack of studies of ... Sulpicius Severus.2 Thus the episcopate and the ...
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    Saint Venantius Fortunatus (Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus) (vēnăn´shəs fôr´tyōōnā´təs), d. c.600, Latin poet, b. near Treviso, Italy.A priest in Gaul and later bishop of Poitiers, he wrote a long poem on St. Martin of Tours and also the hymn Vexilla Regis prodeunt, sung on Good Friday in the Roman Catholic Church.Another of his hymns supplied the first line and the ...
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