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Son of a Roman called Mauricius; he wasconsecratedBishop of Rome 2 Nov., 676, to succeedAdeodatus II, after an interval of four months and seventeen days; d. 11 April, 678. Of his life and acts but little isknown. The"Liber Pontificalis" informs us that he paved the atrium or quadrangle in front of St. Peter's with great blocks of white marble. He also restored thechurch of St. Euphemia on the Appian Way, and repaired thebasilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, or, according to Duchesne's conjecture, the little church on the road toSt. Paul's, which marks the spot where Sts. Peter and Paul are said to have parted on their way tomartyrdom. During the pontificate of Donus, Reparatus, theArchbishop ofRavenna, returned to the obedience of theHoly See, thus ending theschism created by Archbishop Maurus who had aimed at makingRavenna autocephalous. In the time of thispope a colony ofNestorianmonks was discovered in aSyrianmonastery atRome — the Monasterium Boetianum. Thepope is said to have dispersed them through the variousreligious houses of the city, and to have given over theirmonastery to Romanmonks. After a brief reign of one year, five months, and ten days, Donus died and was buried inSt. Peter's. His portrait inmosaic was at one time to be seen in the church ofSt. Martina in the Forum.
APA citation.Oestereich, T.(1909).Pope Donus. InThe Catholic Encyclopedia.New York: Robert Appleton Company.http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05133a.htm
MLA citation.Oestereich, Thomas."Pope Donus."The Catholic Encyclopedia.Vol. 5.New York: Robert Appleton Company,1909.<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05133a.htm>.
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Ecclesiastical approbation.Nihil Obstat. May 1, 1909. Remy Lafort, Censor.Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New York.
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