Saint Donatus of Muenstereifel
Catholic martyr and saint, protector from storms and patron of vineyards
Feast: 30 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Donatus of Muenstereifel is a catacomb saint whose relics are found in the Jesuit church in Bad Muenstereifel. He is widely venerated in the Rhine valley region of Germany and the Low Countries, and he is a patron saint of Buda and of protection against lightning. His relics were translated to Muenster Eifel in the 17th century from the Catacombs of Rome, where he had been originally buried.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q1240767 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Donatus of Muenstereifel (CC BY-SA)
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