Saints who were named Donatus include:
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Saint Donatus of Muenstereifel
Donatus of Muenstereifel is a catacomb saint whose relics are found in the Jesuit church in Muenstereifel, Bad Muenstereifel. He is widely venerated in the Rhine valley region of Germany and the Low Countries, and he is a patron saint of Buda and ...
, 2nd century military martyr and a patron against lightning
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Donatus, Romulus, Secundian, and 86 Companions
Donatus, Romulus, Secundian, and 86 Companions (died c. 304) were a group of Christians who were martyred at Concordia Sagittaria (at the time called ''Iulia Concordia''), near Venice, during the Diocletian persecution. Their feast day
The ...
, 3rd century
* Saint
Donatus of Arezzo
Saint Donatus of Arezzo ( it, San Donato di Arezzo) is the patron saint of Arezzo, and considered a bishop of the city.
A ''Passio'' of Donatus' life was written by a bishop of Arezzo, Severinus; it is of questionable historicity. He calls Don ...
, bishop of Arezzo (?-362) (feast day: August 7)
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Saint Donatus of Thmuis, 4th-century martyr and successor of the also martyred
St. Phileas as bishop of
Thmuis
Thmuis (; Greek: ; ar, Tell El-Timai) was a city in Lower Egypt, located on the canal east of the Nile, between its Tanitic and Mendesian branches. Its ruins are near the modern city of Timayy al-Imdid.
History
During the Ptolemaic period, ...
, a city of Lower Egypt in the Roman province
Augustamnica Prima
''Augustamnica'' (Latin) or ''Augoustamnike'' (Greek) was a Roman province of Egypt created during the 5th century and was part of the Diocese of Oriens first and then of the Diocese of Egypt, until the Muslim conquest of Egypt in the 640s.
Some ...
, suffragan of
Pelusium
Pelusium ( Ancient Egyptian: ; cop, /, romanized: , or , romanized: ; grc, Πηλουσιον, Pēlousion; la, Pēlūsium; Arabic: ; Egyptian Arabic: ) was an important city in the eastern extremes of Egypt's Nile Delta, 30 km to ...
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Donatus of Euroea
Saint Donatus of Euroea ( sq, Shën Dhonati, el, Άγιος Δονάτος) was a Greek saint, who is revered in both by both Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholics, mostly in Albania and Greece.
Donatus was born in Euroea, Epirus Vetus (northw ...
, otherwise Donatus of Buthrotum, bishop of Euroea (d. 387) (feast day: April 30)
* Saint
Donatus of Orleans, hermit on Mount Jura, France (d. ca. 535, feast day August 19)
* Saint
Donatus of Fiesole
Donatus of Fiesole (died 876) was an Irish teacher and poet, and Bishop of Fiesole.
Biography
Donatus was born in Ireland to noble parents towards the end of the eighth century. Despite there being little biographical detail in the tenth/el ...
, an Irish monk who became bishop of Fiesole in 824 (feast day October 22)
* Saint
Donatus of Zadar
Saint Donatus (second half of 8th century Zadar – first half of 9th century), also called Donato of Zara, was a Dalmatian saint who became a bishop and a diplomat for the Dalmatian city-state of Zadar (Zara). His feast day is celebrated on ...
, Dalmatian bishop from early 9th century (feast day February 25).
* Saint Donatus, a Christian martyr of Sicily. See
Saint Placidus (martyr)
Saint Placidus (Placitus), along with Saints Eutychius (Euticius), Victorinus and their sister Flavia, Donatus, Firmatus the deacon, Faustus, and thirty others, have been venerated as Christian martyrs. They were said to be martyred either by pi ...
.
* Saint Donatus, a companion of the African
Saint Quirinus (feast day June 3).
* Saint
Donatus of Libya
* Saint
Donatus of Besançon Donatus (d. after 658) was a bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Besançon, Besançon, founder of the monastery Palatium (later Saint-Paul) in Besançon and author of a rule for nuns. He is venerated as a saint since the 11th century; his feast ...
,
bishop of Besançon
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
(7th century)
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Donatus of Ripacandida, 12th-century Benedictine monk
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