Donatus
Donatus is a male Roman given name .
Origin and meaning
The name comes from Latin and means "the one (from God) given", analogous to the biblical first name Nathan .
variants
name day
Well-known namesake
- Ruler
- Saints
- Donatus of Arezzo (* around 300 in Nicomedia; † 362), patron saint of Arezzo and second bishop of the city, martyr
- Donatus von Besançon (* around 594, † after 656), Archbishop of Besançon, venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church
- Donatus of Evorea († 387), bishop in Epirus and saint of the Catholic and Orthodox Church
- Donatus von Münstereifel (* around 140 AD; † before 180), Roman military leader, venerated as a Catholic saint
see also Saint Donatus
- More name bearers
- Donatus Carthaginiensis , Donatus of Carthage (315–355), leader of the Donatists
- Aelius Donatus (late 4th century), Roman grammarian and rhetoric teacher
- Thomas Donatus (1434–1504), Patriarch of Venice
- Tiberius Claudius Donatus (4th century), author of a commentary on the Aeneid
- Donatus of Metz (8th century), author of a hagiography of Saint Trudo
- Donatus von Freywaldt (1586–1640), German medical professor and personal physician
- Donatus von Passau (actually Aegidius Willinger ; 1627–1694), German Dominican and preacher
- Donatus Djagom (1919–2011), Indonesian religious and Roman Catholic archbishop