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Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus (c. 540–c. 600)
Fortunatus, Venantius Honorius Clementianus. A Latin poet; born near Treviso, in northern Italy, about 540; died at Poitiers, France, about 600. He was educated at Milan and Ravenna; in 565 went to France, where he was welcomed at the court of Sigebert, King of Austrasia, about 592 becoming bishop of Poitiers. Besides the beautiful hymn beginning “Vexilla regis prodeunt” (The banners of the king advance), he wrote lives of St. Martin of Tours, Saint Radegonda, etc.; hymns; epitaphs, poetical epistles, and some other verses.