Venantius Fortunatus

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c. 530 – c. 610 · b. Treviso · Bishop of Poitiers

bishoppresbyter

Italian-born poet and bishop of Poitiers. Composed the great passion hymns Vexilla Regis and Pange Lingua Gloriosi. Friend of Radegund and Gregory of Tours.

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Who was Venantius Fortunatus?: Venantius Fortunatus (530–610) — Italian-born poet and bishop of Poitiers. Composed the great passion hymns Vexilla Regis and Pange Lingua Gloriosi. Friend of Radegund and Gregory of Tours.
Who did Venantius Fortunatus meet?: Gregory of Tours.

Sources for biography

Venantius Fortunatus, Carmina primary
Gregory of Tours, Hist. Franc. 5.8; 9.39 primary

documented connections(1)

met Gregory of Tours
Fortunatus was a close friend of Gregory of Tours; Gregory mentions him repeatedly and Fortunatus dedicated poems to him.
Gregory of Tours, Hist. Franc. 5.8; 9.39 · Venantius Fortunatus, Carmina 5.8a

tradition connections(1)

cited Augustine of Hippo
Fortunatus draws on Augustinian theology and language across his hymns and prose Lives; the dependence is acknowledged by modern editors though no explicit citation formula appears.
George, Venantius Fortunatus: A Latin Poet in Merovingian Gaul (Oxford 1992), pp. 105-125

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