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Fortunatus

Fortunatus is a Latin word meaning "happy, lucky, rich, blessed". A masculine given name, it can refer to:

Saints

  • Fortunatus the Apostle, one of the 70 Disciples of Jesus Christ, companion of Achaicus of Corinth
  • Fortunatus (1st century), martyred with Orontius and Justus
  • Fortunatus (died c. 70), a deacon martyred with Hermagoras of Aquileia
  • Fortunatus (died 212), martyred with SS Felix and Achilleus
  • Fortunatus of Casei (died 286), a martyr
  • Fortunatus (died 303), a deacon martyred with SS Felix of Thibiuca, Audactus, Januarius, and Septimus
  • Fortunatus of Naples, 4th century bishop of Naples
  • Fortunatus of Spoleto (died 400), a priest near Montefalco
  • Fortunatus of Todi (died 537), bishop of Todi
  • Venantius Fortunatus (died in the early 7th century), a poet and bishop of Poitiers

Other

  • Fortunatus Dwarris (1786–1860), English lawyer and author
  • Fortunatus Hueber (1639–1706), German Franciscan historian and theologian
  • Fortunatus M. Lukanima (1940–2014), Roman Catholic bishop
  • Fortunatus Nwachukwu (born 1960), Roman Catholic apostolic nuncio to various Caribbean nations
  • Fortunatus Wright (1712–1757), English privateer
  • Emerich Szerencsés (died 1526), known as Fortunatus, deputy treasurer of the Kingdom of Hungary and a Jewish convert to Christianity
  • Heinrich Glücksmann (1864–1947), Moravian-born Austrian author who used the pseudonym Fortunatus

Fictional characters

  • the protagonist of Fortunatus, a German proto-novel or chapbook about a legendary hero popular in 15th- and 16th-century Europe
  • the protagonist of Old Fortunatus, a 1599 play by Thomas Dekker
  • a character in "King Fortunatus's Golden Wig", a French fairy tale
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