Christian feast day: Venantius Fortunatus

Venantius Fortunatus

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

Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus, known as Saint Venantius Fortunatus, was a Latin poet and hymnographer in the Merovingian Court, and a bishop of the Early Church who has been venerated since the Middle Ages.