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Donatien of Reims (also known as Donatien or Donat) was a 4th-century French
and the 8th
Donatien of Reims (also known as Donatien or Donat) was a 4th-century French saint
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...
Donatien de Reimsand the 8th
Bishop of Reims
The Archdiocese of Reims (traditionally spelt "Rheims" in English) ( la, Archidiœcesis Remensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese ...
.
He died in AD 389, and in AD 863 the count of Flanders Baldwin I transferred his relics to the Church Saint-Agricol de Reims at Bruges
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, where his cult is still active.
He is revered as a saint
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and his feast day
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is locally celebrated on 14 October.
Legend
A legend has it that he was thrown as a child into a river, where a holy man took five candles and placed them on awater wheel
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which showed where the child had gone, and he was able to recover the child.Des Graviers et Jacomet, Reconnaître les Saints : Symboles et attributs, Massin, 2006 ().
Saint Donatien is represented holding a wheel bearing candles.
References
389 deaths Bishops of Reims 4th-century bishops in Gaul 4th-century Christian saints {{France-saint-stub