Saint Venantius Fortunatus (Subscribe)
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Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus
http://www.hymntime.com/tch/bio/f/o/fortunatus_vhc.htm
Short biography. English translations of five hymns, with MIDI files.
Venantius Fortunatus: A Latin Poet in Merovingian Gaul
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1993/04.01.11.html
William E. Klingshirn reviews Judith W. George's 1992 book.
Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop, c.530-c.603
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/venant1.html
Brief biography and a translation of one of his secular poems.
Venantius Fortunatus
http://www.paperwrk.com/venfort.html
Text and translation by James DenBoer of 25 poems from Book XI of Opera Poetica.
Pange Lingua Gloriosi
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11441c.htm
Article in the Catholic Encyclopedia on the two hymns of this name. The second is by Thomas Aquinas. The first is "generally credited" to Venantius Fortunatus, though some believe it is the work of Claudianus Mamertus.
Fortunatus
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06149a.htm
Lengthy biographical article on the talented sixth-century poet and hymn-writer. In the Catholic Encyclopedia.
Encyclopędia Orbis Latini: Venantius Fortunatus
http://www.orbilat.com/Encyclopaedia/V/Venantius_Fortunatus.html
Biographical profile of the bishop and Latin poet.