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Also Known As Venantius Honorius Clementianus Fortunatus
Born c.540 • Treviso • Italy
Died c.600 • Poitiers • France
Notable Works “Sing My Tongue the Glorious Battle” • “The Royal Banners Forward Go” • “Vita S. Martini”
St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose
bishop of Milan
St. Thomas Aquinas
St. Thomas Aquinas
Italian Christian theologian and philosopher
Saint Ephraem Syrus
Christian theologian
Sulpicius Severus
Christian ascetic
Nicetas of Remesiana
bishop, theologian, and composer
Prudentius
Christian poet
Ekkehard I the Elder
German monk and poet
Saint Paulinus of Nola
Roman Catholic saint
Saint Hilary of Poitiers
bishop of Poitiers
Desiderius Erasmus
Erasmus
Dutch humanist
Petrarch
Petrarch
Italian poet
Ovid
Ovid
Roman poet
Newman, John Henry
St. John Henry Newman
British theologian
Domenico Ghirlandaio
Poliziano
Italian poet and humanist
Magnus Felix Ennodius
Italian bishop and writer
Pascoli, Giovanni
Giovanni Pascoli
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Theodulf of Orléans
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Aldhelm
Aldhelm
abbot of Malmesbury
Jacopone Da Todi
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Guido Delle Colonne
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