Saint Donatian of Carthage

Memorial

• 24 February

Profile

When a civil revolt erupted in Carthage in 259 during a period of persecution by Valerian, the procurator Solon blamed it on the Christians, and began suppressing them. Martyr.

Born

• African

Died

• beheaded in 259 at Carthage

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Donatian of Carthage“. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 February 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>