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Donatus of Lemellefa
deacon and martyr
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Feast: 9 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Lemellefa in North Africa, the commemoration of Saints Primus and Donatus, deacons and martyrs, who were likewise killed by heretics in church while they were trying to defend the altar.
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 9 February as a deacon killed by heretics in church at Lemellefa while defending the altar.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 9 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R7ea3ab9f — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.