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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Donatus, Donatist bishop of Carthage, ob. c. 355

Saint ID

S00619

Reported Death Not Before

353

Reported Death Not After

357

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00959Optatus, bishop of Milevis (Numidia, central North Africa), in his polemical treatise Against Parmenianus, states that the Donatists venerate *Marculus (Donatist bishop and martyr, ob. 347, S00618) and *Donatus (probably Donatist bishop of Carthage, ob. c. 355, S00619) as martyrs, and swear by them. Written in Latin, probably in Milevis, 364/c. 384.