Donatus of Fiesole

Saint

Donatus of Fiesole
Madonna with Saints John the Baptist and Donatus of Fiesole (1475–83, Andrea del Verrocchio, Pistoia Cathedral)
Bishop
BornIreland
Died876 AD
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Major shrineFiesole Cathedral
Feast22 October
Attributesdepicted in the garb of a bishop with an Irish wolfhound at his feet; also shown pointing out a church to his deacon Andrew the Scot

Donatus of Fiesole (died 876) was an Irish teacher and poet, and Bishop of Fiesole.

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