E05555: Venantius Fortunatus writes eleven books of Poems in Latin, mainly in western and north-western Gaul, 565/600; many of them with reference to saints. Overview entry.
Creators: name: Dlambert
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2018
Subjects: History

description: Venantius Fortunatus, Poems <br><br>Here are listed only those poems that include references to saints.<br><br>Preface - Dedicatory letter to Gregory of Tours - $E05556.<br><br>Book 1<br>1 - To Vitalis, bishop of Ravenna - see $E05560.<br>2 - Verses on the church of the Lord Andrew - see $E05563.<br>3 - On a church of the Lord Stephen - see $E05564.<br>4 - On a church of Saint Martin - see $E05565.<br>5 - For the cell of Saint Martin where he clothed a poor man - see $E05566.<br>6 - On a church of Saint Martin - see $E05584.<br>7 - In honour of a church of Saint Martin that Basil and Baudegund built - see $E05585.<br>8 - On a church of Saint Vincent beyond the Garonne - see $E05586.<br>9 - Again on the church of Saint Vincent at Vernemet - see $E05611.<br>10 - On the Lord Nazarius - see $E05612.<br>11 - On a church of the Lord Dionysius - see $E05632.<br>12 - On the church of Saint Bibianus - see $E05633.<br>13 - On the church of Saint Eutropis - see $E05634.<br>15 - On bishop Leontius - see $E05635.<br><br>Book 2<br>7 - On Lord Saturninus - see $E05636.<br>8 - On Launebod, who built the church of Saint Sarurninus - see $E05637.<br>12 - On the church of Saint George - see $E05638.<br>13 - On the chapel of Trasaricus - see $E05639.<br>14 - On the saints of Agaune - see $E05.640<br>16 - On Saint Medard - see $E05641.<br><br>Book 3<br>1 - To Eufronius, bishop of Tours (prose letter) - see $E07842.<br>2 - To Eufronius, bishop of Tours (prose letter) - see $E05642.<br>3 - To Eufronius, bishop of Tours - see $E05682.<br>7 - In honour of those whose relics are contained in the cathedral in Nantes - see $E05683.<br>12 - Again on the castle of the bishop Nicetius of Trier above the Moselle - see $E05686.<br><br>Book 4<br>2 - Epitaph of Lord Gregory, bishop of the city of Langres - see $E05687.<br>5 - Epitaph of the Ruricii, bishops of the city of Limoges - see $E05690.<br>11 - Epitaph of Victorianus, abbot of the monastery of Asan - see $E05692.<br>26 - Epitaph of Vilithuta - see $E07844.<br><br>Book 5<br>1 - To Martin, bishop of Galicia (prose letter) - see $E07845.<br>3 - On bishop Gregory, to the citizens of Tours - see $E07846.<br>11 - To Gregory, bishop of Tours, on his journey - see $E05751.<br>14 - To Gregory, bishop of Tours, in recommendation of a girl - see $E05752.<br><br>Book 8<br>3 - In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and the lady Mary his mother, on virginity - see $E06237 and $E06245.<br>11 - To Bishop Gregory on his own sickness - see $E05753.<br>12 - To Bishop Gregory in the interests of the abbess - see $E05754.<br><br>Book 9<br>14 - On a beam of the church of Saint Laurence - see $E05755.<br><br>Book 10<br>5 - In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, verses here begin on the oratory of Artannes - see $E05756.<br>6 - In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, verses for the Cathedral of Tours - see $E05757.<br>7 - To King Childebert and Queen Brunhild, on the feast day of Saint Martin, bishop of Tours - see $E05758 and $E07847.<br>10 - Verses on the oratory of Artannes - see $E05759.<br>11 - Verses composed in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ at table in a villa of Saint Martin in the presence of assessors of taxes - see $E05760.<br>12a - On a girl held captive by the judges - $E07848.<br>17 - To Count Sigoald, for having fed the poor on behalf of the king - see $E05761.<br><br>Book 11<br>25 - To Radegund and Agnes, about his journey - see $E05832.<br><br>Appendix<br>19 - Again another poem - see $E07849.<br>21 - Again another poem - see $E05833.<br>