Venantius Fortunatus
Saint Venantius Fortunatus | |
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Venantius Fortunatus Reading His Poems to Radegonda VI by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1862). | |
| Church Father, Bishop of Poitiers | |
| Born | c. 530 Venetia, Kingdom of the Ostrogoths |
| Died | c. 600 or 609 Pictavium, Kingdom of the Franks |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | 14 December |
Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus (c. 530 – c. 600/609 AD; French: Venance Fortunat), known as Saint Venantius Fortunatus (/vəˈnænʃəs ˌfɔːrtjəˈneɪtəs/, 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.