Saint Donatus of Fiesoli

Memorial

• 22 October

Profile

Pious and well-educated poet and scholar. While on pilgrimage to Rome, Italy in 816 with Andrew the Scot he was stopped in Tuscany and was compelled to become bishop of Fiesoli, Italy. Known his solicitous hospitality to pilgrims.

Born

• Irish

Died

• 874

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Donatus of Fiesoli”. Saints.SQPN.com. 29 January 2010. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-donatus-of-fiesoli/>