Saint Donatian of Rheims
- Also known as
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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
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Bruges, Belgium,
Rheims, France,
West Flanders, Belgium
- Representation
- bishop holding a wheel outlined in candles
- Additional Information
-
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Catholic Online
- Print References
- The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
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