Name
Donatus, bishop of Euroia (Epirus), ob. 387
Saint ID
S01274
Reported Death Not Before
387
Reported Death Not After
387
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
| ID | Title | E02608 | Isidore of Seville in his Latin Chronicle written in two redactions in 615/616 and 626 mentions *Donatus (bishop of Evorea, Greece, S01274) and his successful fight with a dragon, dated to the reigns of Arcadius and Honorius (395-408). | E04054 | Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (7.25-28), records traditions about miracle-working bishops who lived under Theodosius I (r. 379-395), namely *Ambrose (bishop of Milan, ob. 397, S00490), *Donatos (bishop of Euroia in Epirus Vetus, south Balkans, ob. late 4th c., S01274), *Theotimos (bishop of Tomis on the lower Danube, ob. late 4th c. S01721), *Epiphanios (bishop of Salamis of Cyprus, ob. 403, S00215), *Akakios (bishop of Beroia in Syria, ob. late 4th c., S01723), and the brothers *Zenon and Aias (bishops of Gaza in Palestine, ob. late 4th c., S01722). The author mentions miracles at the tomb shrines of Donatos and Epiphanios. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450. | E04530 | Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) built or renovated numerous forts in the western Balkans, five of them named after saints. Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s. | E06440 | Gregory the Great in two papal letters (Register 14.7 and 14.13) of 603 and 604, to Alciso, bishop of Corfu, refers to the deposition of the body of *Donatus (bishop of Euria, ob. late 4th c, S01274) in a church dedicated to *John (the Baptist, S00020, or the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042) in the fortress of Cassiopus (Corfu, Ionian Islands). Written in Latin in Rome. |
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