Saint Donatian of Nantes

Memorial

• 24 May

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Brother of Saint Rogatian of Nantes. Arrested, torture, mutilated, and finally martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

• beheaded in 299 in Nantes, Brittany (in modern France)

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Donatian of Nantes“. Saints.SQPN.com. 3 June 2013. Web. 18 June 2013. <>