Fortunatus of Spoleto

Saint Fortunatus of Spoleto (d. ca. 400 AD) was a parish priest near Spoleto in Umbria sometime between the fourth and fifth centuries. He is venerated as a saint within the Catholic ChurchLatin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
 
Little historical detail regarding Fortunatus survives, but he may have been a native of Montefalco, a hill town near Spoleto in Umbria.San Fortunato di Spoleto He became noted after his death for his charity and love for the poor. A legend told of him states that one day, while plowing a field, Fortunatus found two coins of apparently little value. He placed them in his pocket. That evening, upon meeting a poor man upon the road, Fortunatus decided to give the man the two coins. The sunlight suddenly illuminated the two coins, making them shine like gold. Not wishing to be tempted by avarice, Fortunatus quickly gave the small treasure to the poor man and hurried away. 
After his death, Fortunatus became the focus of a local cult, and the Convent of San Fortunato near Montefalco was dedicated to him. 
== References ==
==External links==
* San Fortunato di Spoleto
*Commons: Convento di San Fortunato with frescoes by Gozzoli
Category:Roman Catholic saints
Category:Italian saints
Category:400 deaths
Category:People from the Province of Perugia
Category:4th-century Christian saints
Category:5th-century Christian saints
Category:People from Spoleto