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Fortunatus, Venantius (Saint)
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(c. 530, Treviso, northern Italy – before 610, Poitiers), Christian Latin poet who studied in Ravenna and in 565, in gratitude for liberation from an eye ailment, undertook a pilgrimage to the grave of St. Martin of Tours. In 567 he went to Poitiers, where he became bishop c. 600. Fortunatus wrote occasional poems in the classical style for rich and well-placed patrons, e.g. the Thuringian princess Radegunde. In addition he wrote the epic poem “Vita Martini,” lives of saints in pr…

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Pollmann, Karla, “Fortunatus, Venantius (Saint)”, in: Religion Past and Present. Online abgerufen am 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_026291>
Erste Online-Publikation: 2011
Erste Druckedition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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