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April 30 · Bishop

St. Donatus of Evrcea

St. Donatus of Evrcea

Traditional feast

April 30
1914 / pre-1969 calendar, per Baring-Gould (1897)

Current feast

Not verified yet

Represents

Bishop

Early life

The book says little or nothing about early life. This is how the account begins.

Thin entry · the 1897 book gives only 0 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.

What they represent

How they teach us to live

Drawn from themes in the original account

Keep their day. Remember them on April 30 with a short prayer, and ask for their help.

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Read Baring-Gould’s full account

Baring-Gould’s sources: Greek Menology and Roman Martyrology. S. Donatus ol A retina and S- Donatus of Euroea lived at the same period, and consequently there has arisen confusion in their respective histories, much that belongs to the B. of Aretina has been transferred to the B. of Evrcea. Authority: S. Donatus is related to have killed a monstrous dragon, “as big,” says Sozomen, “as the great Indian serpent,” at Chamaezephyra in Evrcea, of which he was bishop. He spat in the dragon’s mouth and slew it There can be little question that S. Donatus has inherited the myth of Apollo and Python, which lingered on in Epirus after it was nominally conquered to Christ The particulars given by Sozomen of the fountain called forth by the saint when he slew the dragon, leave no doubt on the mind that such is the case.

Feast days

Feast: April 30

Nine days · Free

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Sources & notes

Feast-day sources

Sources

Credits

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain.

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain in the United States. Reproduced unedited, except for short bracketed notes in grey that we added to explain names and terms (“S.” is the old abbreviation for Saint). Some history and judgments reflect 19th-century scholarship.