Saint Donatian of Rheims

Also known as
Donas
Donatianus
Donatien
Donazianus
Memorial
14 October
Profile
Seventh bishop of Rheims, France from 360 to 390.
Born
4th century at 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
Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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