Venantius Fortunatus

Life

Born: c. 530-540

Died: c. 600-610

Biography

Venantius Fortunatus was a poet in the Merovingian court, and latterly Bishop of Poitiers. He is also a Catholic saint, whose holy day is December 14.

View the Wikipedia article on Venantius Fortunatus.

Texts by Venantius Fortunatus

• Salve festa dies
• Vexilla Regis

Settings of text by Venantius Fortunatus

• Crux fidelis (Scott Villard)
• Dulce lignum (Francisco Valls)
• O crux (Ginés Pérez de la Parra)
• O Crux ave (Carlotta Ferrari)
• O gloriosa Virginum (Francisco Valls)
• O Gloriosa Virginum (José Maurício Nunes Garcia)
• O gloriosa Virginum, op. 66/26 (Oreste Ravanello)
• O Redemptor (Lateran Basilica ms.) (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
• O Redemptor (Pedro Aranaz y Vides)
• O Redemptor sume carmen (Gregorian chant)
• Quem terra (Anonymous)
• Quem terra pontus sidera (José Maurício Nunes Garcia)
• Quem terra, pontus, aethera (William Byrd)
• Quem terra, pontus, sidera (Juan Montes)
• Salve festa dies (Christoph Dalitz)
• Salve festa dies (Sixt Dietrich)
• Salve festa dies I (Anonymous)
• Salve festa dies II (Anonymous)
• Salve festa dies III (Anonymous)
• Salve festa dies IV (Anonymous)
• Sing, my tongue (Charles Wood)
• Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle (Anonymous)
• Sing, my tongue, the glorious battle (Gregorian chant)
• Sweetest wood (Alastair Stout)
• The God whom earth and sea and sky (Michael Praetorius)
• The God whom earth and sea and sky (Ralph Harrison)
• The God whom earth and sea and sky (William Knapp)
• The royal banners forward go (Percy Buck)
• Vexilla regis (Carlotta Ferrari)
• Vexilla regis (Christoph Dalitz)
• Vexilla Regis (Scott Villard)
• Vexilla Regis prodeunt (Giacomo Puccini)
• Vexilla regis prodeunt (Michael Praetorius)

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