Venantius Fortunatus
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Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus, known as Saint Venantius Fortunatus, was a Latin poet and hymnographer in the Merovingian Court, and a Christian bishop who has been venerated since the Mid
Fortunatus, from a manuscript of his Vita Radegundis
Venantius Fortunatus Reading His Poems to Radegonda VI by Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1862)
Vexilla regis prodeunt
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Vexilla regis prodeunt is a Latin hymn in long metre by the Christian poet and saint Venantius Fortunatus, Bishop of Poitiers. It takes its title from its incipit.
Venantius Fortunatus
…Sing, O tongue, of the glorious struggle"), a hymn that later inspired St Thomas Aquinas's Pange Lingua Gloriosi Corporis Mysterium. He also wrote Vexilla Regis prodeunt ("The royal banners forward go"), which is sung at Vespers during Holy Week. This poem was written in honour of a substantial relic of the True Cross…
Detail from a choirbook leaf, Italy c.1400-1420