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
See also
Venantius Fortunatus (530–600), Latin poet and hymnodist, bishop and saint
Edward Fortunatus (1565–1600), Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern and Baden-Baden
Herman Fortunatus, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern (1595–1665), son of Edward Fortunatus Publius Aelius Fortunatus, 2nd century Roman painter