Saint Donatian of Rheims

Also known as

• Donas of Rheims
• Donatianus of Rheims
• Donatien of Rheims
• Donazianus of Rheims

Memorial

• 14 October

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Seventh bishop of Rheims, France from 360 to 390.

Born

• 4th century in Rome, Italy

Died

• 390 of natural causes
• bones enshrined at Corbie, France
• relics relocated to Torhout, Belgium
• Charles the Bald later gave the relics to Earl Baldwin of Flanders
• relics translated to Bruges, Belgium in 863
• relics enshrined in the cathedral in Bruges

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Bruges, Belgium
• Rheims, France
• West Flanders, Belgium

Representation

• bishop holding a wheel outlined in candles

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Donatian of Rheims”. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 February 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-donatian-of-rheims/>