Venantius Fortunatus

Saint Venantius Fortunatus or Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus (c. 530-c. 600/609) was a Latin poet and hymnodist, and a Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. Venantius Fortunatus was born in northern Italy somewhere between Valdobbiadene, Ceneda, and Treviso. He grew up during the Byzantine reconquest of Italy and was educated at Ravenna. His later work shows familiarity not only with classical poets such as Virgil, Horace, Ovid, Statiu... more

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