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Dathus

Bishop of Ravenna

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 3 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
200
Died
190
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Dathus or Datus was Bishop of Ravenna during the late 2nd century. He was elected to succeed the previous bishop Probus I when miraculously, a dove appeared above his head.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources
  • Wikidata Q164601 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
  • English Wikipedia — Dathus (CC BY-SA)

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