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Donatus of Arezzo
Bishop of Arezzo
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 7 August (1962 Missal, commemoration) · not on the current Roman calendar
Born
350
Died
362
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Arezzo, Saint Donatus, second bishop of this see, whose virtue and power of prayer Pope Saint Gregory the Great praises.
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 7 August as the second bishop of Arezzo, whose virtue and prayer Pope Gregory the Great praised.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2360539 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Donatus of Arezzo (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.