Biography
Fortunatus of Spoleto
About Fortunatus of Spoleto
Fortunatus is remembered as a priest at Turrita near Spoleto. Tradition credits him with care for poor people and places his death around 400.
No further historical details are securely known. Later narratives describe him working the land to earn his living.
One story tells of his giving unexpectedly valuable coins to a poor man. It belongs to the devotional tradition of his generosity.
A church and later monastery developed around his memory near Turrita. His local veneration is more securely described than the miraculous episodes attached to his life.
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