Donatus
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The name Donatus can refer to the following people:
- Aelius Donatus, a Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric
- Donatus Magnus, a (4th century CE) bishop of Carthage who founded the heretic Donatist sect
- The monk Donatus (5th century CE) who left Roman Africa during one of the Vandal persecutions and established monastic life in Valencia, Spain.
- Saint Donatus of Fiesole, an Irish monk who became bishop of Fiesole in 824
- Saint Donatus of Libya
- Saint Donatus of Thmuis, martyr and successor of the also martyrised St. Phileas as bishop of Thmuis, a city of Lower Egypt in the Roman province Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of Pelusium
- Saint Donatus, a Christian martyr of Sicily. See Saint Placidus (martyr).
- a Khan of the Eastern Black Sea Huns & beyond c. 412 AD preceded by Uldin and succeeded by Charaton.
It can also refer to the following locations;
- Saint Donatus, Iowa, a community located in Jackson County, Iowa.
- Saint Donatus Catholic Church - A parish of the Roman Catholic Church located in Saint Donatus, Iowa.
