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Donatian of Reims
French bishop and saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 14 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
400
Died
390
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Bruges in the territory of present-day Belgium, commemoration of Saint Donatian, bishop of Reims, whose relics are kept in this city.
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 14 October as a bishop of Reims whose relics are kept at Bruges.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 14 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1240660 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Donatian of Reims (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.