Donatus Magnus, also known as Donatus of Casae Nigrae, was the leader of a schismatic Christian sect known as the Donatists in North Africa, Algeria....

Christians under Diocletian. Named after the Berber Christian bishop Donatus Magnus, Donatism flourished during the fourth and fifth centuries. Donatism...

name Donatus can refer to the following people: One of several saints named Donatus Aelius Donatus, a Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric Donatus Magnus...

condemned the rebaptism of apostatised bishops and priests, a teaching of Donatus Magnus. The year of Miltiades' birth is unknown. Still, it is known that he...

297~373, patriarch of Alexandria, defender of the Trinitarian doctrine Donatus Magnus, bishop of Carthage, (+355), leader of the Donatists from 313 Lactantius...

council held in Rome in 337 or 340 under Pope Julius I. He was opposed by Donatus Magnus, the true founder of Donatism. Gratus (344– ) was at the Council of...

needed] St. Donatus (died 535), a Holy Hermit, born in Orléans, France and died in the Lure range, near Sisteron. His feast day is August 19. Donatus of Besançon...

the second biggest amphitheater in the Roman Empire). Berber bishop Donatus Magnus was the founder of a Christian group known as the Donatists. During...

actively sought martyrdom as saints. Named for their second leader Donatus Magnus Condemned by Pope Melchiades Donatists were a force at the time of Saint...

four of whose bishops are named in extant documents: Donatus (not to be confused with Donatus Magnus) was accused in a council held in 305 of having handed...

caused a schism in the region. Named after the Berber Christian bishop Donatus Magnus, Donatism flourished during the fourth and fifth centuries. Archaeological...

Donatus of Bagaï, also known as Donatus of Aurasium, was an ancient Donatist bishop and martyr whose life and actions played a significant role in the...

three days from 2–4 October 313. Each side appeared with 10 bishops; Donatus Magnus, bishop of Casae Nigrae in Numidia, headed the party of Majorinus. The...

riots and military involvement as Donatus of Bagai rallied the local circumcellion militias. In the aftermath, Donatus of Bagai and his defenders were massacred...

rebaptized. They were known as Donatists for their bishop of Carthage, Donatus Magnus. After three synods condemned Donatist views, Constantine ordered the...

the Berber Bishop Donatus or Donatus Magnus, there being some confusion. Catholic Encyclopedia: Donatists Concerning Donatus or Donatus Magnes, compare...

persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, Donatism (named after Donatus Magnus, 315 to 355 primate of the Donatists) split off from the Western Church...

Both Cecilian and Donatus appeared with a delegation of 11 each. The decision of the tribunal favored Cecilian, causing Donatus to appeal to the Emperor...

Saint Augustine's mother Arius, who proposed the doctrine of Arianism Donatus Magnus, leader of the Donatist schism Gelasius I between 492 and 496 Victor...

Athanasius and Cyril (along with rivals Valentinus, Plotinus, Arius and Donatus Magnus) influenced the Christian world outside Africa with responses to Gnosticism...

being set by each local church. Donatism was condemned as a heresy and Donatus Magnus was excommunicated. This had begun as an appeal by the Donatists to...

he is largely overlooked by Carrigan and Shearman. Referred to as ‘Donatus magnus’ in the Ormond Deeds and ‘Chief’ in Annála Connacht. He was the father...

Parmenianus; died ca. 392) was a North African Donatist bishop, the successor of Donatus in the Donatist bishopric of Carthage. He wrote several works defending...

the Berber Bishop Donatus or Donatus Magnus, there being some confusion. Catholic Encyclopedia: Donatists Concerning Donatus or Donatus Magnes, see Tilly...

Augustine. The town became a center of the Donatist controversy when Donatus Magnus visited the town. The city had been Donatist but was returned to the...

in Numidia during Roman and Vandal times. It was the birthplace of Donatus Magnus, the founder and namesake of the Donatist Church, and the Donatist movement...

Pope Miltiades, which took a stand in the Donatism issue, condemning Donatus Magnus charged to re-baptizing clergy who had lapsed and which sided with Caecilianus...

by his name, Donatus. The name appears in both the Necrologium Lundense (as "Donatus architectus") and the Liber daticus vetustior. Donatus may have been...

officer, historian Aemilius Magnus Arborius (4th century), poet, educator, friend of the imperial family Decimius Magnus Ausonius (c. 310 – 395), poet...

several emperors from Hadrian to Caracalla are attributed to him. Aelius Donatus, a fourth-century grammarian and teacher of rhetoric. List of Roman gentes...