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Donatus

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Donatus (Aelius Donatus) (ē`lēəs dōnät`əs), fl. 353, Roman grammarian; teacher of St. Jerome. His only well-known work, the Ars grammatica [elements of grammar], was throughout the Middle Ages the standard elementary Latin grammar.
Donatus
1. Auelius . 4th century ad, Latin grammarian, who taught Saint Jerome; his textbook Ars Grammatica was used throughout the Middle Ages
2. 4th century ad, bishop of Carthage; leader of the Donatists, a heretical Christian sect originating in N Africa in 311 ad


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MARTYRDOM AND PERSECUTION IN THE EARLY CHURCH: A STUDY OF CONFLICT FROM THE MACCABEES TO DONATUS.
[11] Donatus antiquissimus in Greco, et cum eo quoddam opusculum metricum, quod dicebatur esse Virgilii de bello nautico Augusti cum Antonio et Cleopatra, quod incipit 'armatum cane musa ducem belloque cruentam Egyptum,' etc.
His catechetical work among Protestants caught the attention of Archbishop Donatus Sbarretti, the Apostolic Delegate to Canada.
 
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