Venantius Fortunatus

Italian saint-bishop, poet and hymnwriter (c. 530-c. 600/609)

6 dated entries naming Venantius Fortunatus, drawn from 6 separate years between 530 CE and 609 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century

  • 530Venantius Fortunatus, Latin poet and bishop (approximate date) (d. 600)source
  • 536Venantius Fortunatus, Merovingian bishop and poet (d. c. 600/609)source
  • 566A poet from Italy named Venantius Fortunatus arrives at the Merovingian court at Metz. With a strong grasp of traditional Roman poetry, Fortunatus impresses and entertains the Frankish royalty and aristocracy. The success of a Latin poet in Francia suggests that Roman culture persisted well after the Roman Empire disintegrated in Gaul in the late 5th century.source
  • 599Venantius Fortunatus, Latin poet and hymnodist in the Merovingian court, is appointed bishop of Poitiers.source
  • 600Venantius Fortunatus, bishop of Poitiers, one of the last representatives of Classical Latin poetrysource

7th century

  • 609Venantius Fortunatus, Latin poet and bishop (or 600)source

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