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Also known as

• Donino

Memorial

• 9 October

Profile

Late 6th-century layman hermit who assisted Church authorities, including Saint Florido and Saint Amanzio, re-bulid Città di Castello, Italy and revitalize the faith there following the Greek-Gothic war. Following the death of Saint Amanzio, Donnino retired to spend the rest of his days as a hermit near Rubbiano. He later moved to a hermitage in modern Villa San Donino to be closer to Città di Castello.

Died

• 9 October 610 at the Villa San Donino hermitage near Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy of natural causes
• relics enshrined in a church at Villa San Donino
• relics given canonical recognition in 1543
• relics given canonical recognition in 1791
• relics given canonical recognition in 1869

Patronage

• against epilepsy
• against rabid dog attacks

Representation

• with a small dog

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Saint Donnino of Città di Castello“. CatholicSaints.Info. 9 October 2021. Web. 19 April 2024. <>