Martyr
Donatus
A martyr commemorated with Saints Polyeuctus and Victor.
Life
Saint Donatus the Martyr is commemorated on 21 May (new style, the calendar of the Church of Greece) in the group of the martyrs Polyeuctus, Victorinus (in the Greek list, Victor) and Donatus, on the day of Saints Constantine and Helen. The English calendar places them at Caesarea in Cappadocia.
The sources consulted give no other details about his life or the manner of his death. In the Greek list of the following day, 22 May, another Donatus appears, among the hieromartyrs Boethianus, Donatus and Zacharias.
Commemorated the same day May 21
Constantine the GreatEqual-to-the-Apostles · Roman EmperorMay 21HelenaEqual-to-the-Apostles · Empress, mother of ConstantineMay 21
Anna-NedaRight-Believing · Empress of BulgariaMay 21
HospitiusVenerable · Recluse of GaulMay 21
Constantine of MuromRight-Believing · Prince of MuromMay 21
Serapion the SindoniteVenerable · Egyptian monkMay 21
Victor of CaesareaMartyr · Soldier of Caesarea in CappadociaMay 21
Cassian of UglichVenerable · Founder of Cassian Monastery at UchmaMay 21- Abraham of MinufVenerableMay 21
Andrew of SimbirskFool-for-Christ · Fool for ChristMay 21
Alexei KantserovHieromartyr · PriestMay 21- Moses of UfaVenerable · ArchimandriteMay 21