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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Domnion/Domnius, bishop and martyr of Salona (Dalmatia) under Diocletian

Saint ID

S01002

Number in BH

BHL 2268-2272

Reported Death Not Before

303

Reported Death Not After

305

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01474The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 11 April the martyrdom of the bishop *Domnion (bishop and martyr of Salona, S01002). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411.
E07120The prologue to a work in Latin on computing the date of Easter refers to the martyrdoms of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) and *Paul (the Apostle, S00008), *Augustinus and Felicitas (martyrs of Capua, S01993), *Cyprian (bishop and martyr of Carthage, S00411), *Marcellinus and Petrus (martyrs of Rome, S00577), *Domnius (martyr of Salona, S01002), and Felix (martyr of Salona, S02978). Written in 395, probably in Italy, and known by various titles including the Prologus Paschae ad Vitalem, and the Short Chronicle.