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Venantius Fortunatus

bishop|530-609 AD|Poitiers
Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus (c. 530-c. 609) was an Italian-born Latin poet who became the leading versifier of Merovingian Gaul and ended his life as bishop of Poitiers. Educated at Ravenna, he crossed the Alps around 565 and settled in Gaul, where he attached himself to the courts of Frankish kings and the circle of Queen Radegund and Abbess Agnes at the convent of the Holy Cross in Poitiers, for whom he composed much of his verse. His prolific output of occasional poems, epistolary verse, saints' lives, and hymns made him a crucial bridge between late-antique classical culture and the early medieval Latin tradition; his processional hymns 'Pange lingua gloriosi' and 'Vexilla regis prodeunt' entered the Western liturgy and are still sung today.
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To Vitalisc. 566 AD

Ad Vitalem episcopum Ravennensem

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To Placidinac. 566 AD

Ad Placidinam

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To Euphronius, of Colonia Armeniæc. 567 AD

Ad Eufronium episcopum Turonensem

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To Euphronius, of Colonia Armeniæc. 567 AD

Ad eundem

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To Euphronius, of Colonia Armeniæc. 568 AD

Ad eundem

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To Felixc. 568 AD

Ad Felicem episcopum Namneticum

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To Felixc. 568 AD

Item ad Felicem episcopum ex nomine suo

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To Felixc. 569 AD

Item ad eundem in laude

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To Felixc. 569 AD

Ad Felicem episcopum de pascha

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To Vilicusc. 570 AD

Ad Vilicum episcopum Mettensem

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To Hilariusc. 570 AD

Ad Hilarium

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To Hilariusc. 570 AD

Item ad eundem de opusculis suis

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To Agricola, noblemanc. 571 AD

Ad Agricolam episcopum

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To Felixc. 571 AD

Ad Felicem episcopum Biturigum, scriptum in turrem eius

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To Avitusc. 571 AD

To my holy lord, praiseworthy for his apostolic deeds, my dear lord, particularly sweet in Christ, Father Avitus...

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To Avitusc. 572 AD

Ad eundem

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To the Venerable Amphion, Presbyterc. 572 AD

Ad virum venerabilem Anfionem presbyterum

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To Abbot Paternusc. 573 AD

Ad Paternum abbatem de codice emendato

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To Ruccoc. 573 AD

Ad Rucconem diaconum, modo presbyterum

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To Johnc. 574 AD

Ad Iohannem diaconum

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To Anthimiusc. 574 AD

Ad Anthimium diaconum

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To Sindulfc. 574 AD

Ad Sindulfum diaconum

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To Martin, Scholasticusc. 575 AD

Ad Martinum episcopum Galliciae

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To Martin, Scholasticusc. 575 AD

Item ad eundem

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To Gregoryc. 575 AD

Ad cives Turonicos de Gregorio episcopo

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To Gregory of Toursc. 576 AD

Item ad eundem de Iudaeis conversis per Avitum episcopum Arvernum

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To Syagriusc. 576 AD

Ad Syagrium episcopum Augustidunensem

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To Felixc. 576 AD

Item ad Felicem episcopum Namneticum

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To Bishop Gregoryc. 577 AD

Ad Gregorium episcopum post itiner

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To Gregoryc. 577 AD

Ad eundem pro invitatione

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To Gregoryc. 577 AD

Ad eundem pro commendatione mulieris

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To Gregoryc. 578 AD

Ad eundem de itinere suo

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To Gregoryc. 578 AD

Ad eundem salutatoria

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To Gregoryc. 578 AD

Ad eundem pro pomis et grafiolis

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To Gregoryc. 579 AD

Ad eundem de commendatione puellae

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To Gregoryc. 579 AD

Ad eundem salutatoria

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To Abbot Arediusc. 580 AD

Ad Aredium abbatem

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To Aregius, of Vapincumc. 580 AD

We came to Cantum on a happy road,

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To Dynamius, Patricianc. 581 AD

I wait for you, my love, venerable Dynamius,

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To Dynamius, Patricianc. 581 AD

You have envied me, O seasons, my headlong love,

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To Gogoc. 581 AD

While Orpheus moved the tuned strings with his thumb

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To Gogoc. 582 AD

Nectar, wine, food, clothing, learning, resources —

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To Gogoc. 582 AD

Whatever complaints the page just sent me contained,

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To Gogoc. 582 AD

O clouds that come blown by the swift North Wind,

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To Gogoc. 583 AD

When July, bearer of heat, burns the fiery sands

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To Magnulfc. 584 AD

Ad Magnulfum fratrem Lupi

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To Jovinusc. 584 AD

Ad Iovinum inlustrem ac patricium et rectorem provinciae

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To Jovinusc. 584 AD

Item ad eundem

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To Felixc. 585 AD

Ad Felicem socium

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To Gunduariusc. 585 AD

Ad Gunduarium

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To Flavusc. 585 AD

Ad Flavum

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To Flavusc. 586 AD

Item ad Flavum et Euodium

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To Prince Sigismundc. 586 AD

Ad Sigimundum

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To Prince Sigismundc. 586 AD

Ad Sigimundum et Alagisilum

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To Paternusc. 587 AD

Ad Paternum

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To Count Galactoriusc. 587 AD

Ad Galactorium comitem

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To Virgins of Æmonac. 588 AD

Among the apostolic ranks and the holy prophets,

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To Queen Radegund, at Holy Cross monastery, Poitiersc. 588 AD

Powerful Radegund, of royal stock in the world —

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To Queen Radegund, at Holy Cross monastery, Poitiersc. 588 AD

If the seasons were bringing me white lilies as usual

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To Queen Radegund, at Holy Cross monastery, Poitiersc. 589 AD

The world's orb is gripped by the ice of winter cold

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To Queen Radegund, at Holy Cross monastery, Poitiersc. 589 AD

O queen with power, to whom gold and purple are worthless,

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To Queen Radegund, at Holy Cross monastery, Poitiersc. 589 AD

Radegund, mind fertile for God, life of the sisters —

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To Queen Radegund, at Holy Cross monastery, Poitiersc. 590 AD

Whence has returned to me a face with shining light?

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To Gregoryc. 590 AD

The kind voice of Gregory the physician came to the sick man

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To Gregoryc. 590 AD

What a crime has crept into the holy enclosure of the assembly!

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To Gregoryc. 591 AD

rightly the glory of your race where faith is most noble:

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To Gregoryc. 591 AD

Lord bishop, good shepherd and author of honor,

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To Gregoryc. 591 AD

Kind, blessed father, universal light, Gregory —

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To Gregoryc. 592 AD

Ad eundem salutatoria

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To Gregoryc. 593 AD

Ad eundem pro villa praestita

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To Gregoryc. 593 AD

Ad eundem pro pellibus transmissis

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To King Chilperic at the Synod of Berny-Rivièrec. 594 AD

Ad Chilpericum regem quando synodus Brinnaco habita est

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To Chilperic and Queen Fredegundc. 594 AD

Item ad Chilpericum et Fredegundem reginam

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To Chilpericc. 595 AD

Item ad Chilpericum et Fredegundem

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To Gregoryc. 595 AD

Ad Gregorium episcopum pro metris Sapphicis

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To Gregoriumc. 595 AD

Item ad Gregorium episcopum

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To Bishop Ragnemodc. 596 AD

Ad Ragnemodum episcopum

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To Abbot Droctoveusc. 596 AD

Ad Droctoveum abbatem

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To Faramundusc. 596 AD

Ad Faramodum referendarium

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To Presbyters and Deacons of Alexandriac. 597 AD

Ad Lupum et Waldonem diaconos

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To Duke Chrodinusc. 597 AD

Ad Chrodinum ducem

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To King Childebert and Queen Brunhildc. 598 AD

Ad Childebercthum regem et Brunichildem reginam, de natali sancti Martini

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To Armentariac. 599 AD

Ad Armentariam matrem domni Gregorii episcopi

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To Count Sigoaldus, Who Fed the Poor for the Kingc. 599 AD

Ad Sigoaldum comitem, quod pauperes pro rege paverit

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To Count Galactorius of Bordeauxc. 599 AD

Ad Galactorium comitem

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To Radegundc. 600 AD

Item ad eandem pro eulogiis transmissis

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