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Donatus of Evorea
Christian saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 30 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
400
Died
387
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Paramythia in Epirus, in present-day Greece, Saint Donatus, bishop, who in the time of the emperor Theodosius shone with outstanding holiness.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 30 April as a bishop in Epirus who shone with outstanding holiness in the time of Theodosius.
Connected on this site
- Gregory I Saint“However this led to a problem of jurisdiction and custody for the holy relics, which was resolved by Pope Gregory I.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 30 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3305109 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Donatus of Euroea (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.