Donatus of Zadar

Donatus is mentioned in Frankish annals from 805 as an ambassador of the Dalmatian cities to Charlemagne in Thionville.

Donatus is credited for initiating either construction or expansion of the Church of the Holy Trinity.

The marble sarcophagus in the cathedral preserves the relics of the Sirmian martyr Anastasia with an inscription dating from Donatus' time.

According to tradition, Donatus brought the relics to Zara from Constantinople, when he was there with the Venetian duke Beato.

After 1809, following the French occupation of Zadar, his bones were transferred to the Cathedral of St. Anastasia where they lie to this date, and mass has not been celebrated at the church for around two centuries.