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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Donatus of Fiesole (255 words) |
 | Donatus was born in Ireland, of a noble family. |
| The best known of these is the twelve-line poem in which he describes the beauty and fertility of his native land, and the prowess and piety of its inhabitants. |
| Donatus also composed an epitaph in which he alludes to his birth in Ireland, his years in the service of the princes of Italy (Lothair and Louis), his episcopate at Fiesole, and his activity as a teacher of grammar and poetry. |
| Donatus (129 words) |
| It remained in use throughout the European Middle Ages, and its author's name in the forms donat and donet came to mean "grammar" or any kind of "lesson." The larger work, in three parts, deals with the elements of grammar, the eight parts of speech, and errors and beauties of language. |
| Donatus has little claim to originality, but no grammar is cited so often, and many commentaries were written on it. |
| Aelius Donatus is to be distinguished from Tiberius Claudius Donatus, probably late 4th century AD, author of the Interpretationes Vergilianae, a commentary on the Aeneid. |
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