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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Rogatianus and Donatus/Donatianus, martyrs of Nantes

Saint ID

S00335

Number in BH

BHL 2275-2277

Reported Death Not Before

303

Reported Death Not After

312

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00367Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Martyrs (Liber in Gloria Martyrum), in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. Overview entry.
E00584Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (59), tells of a vision of two processions coming from the churches of *Rogatianus and Donatus (martyrs of Nantes, S00335), and of *Similianus (bishop of Nantes, ob. mid 4th c., S00337) in Nantes (north-west Gaul), leading to the lifting of a siege in 481/511. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594.