Donati wa Besancon (590 hivi - 660 hivi) anakumbukwa kama askofu wa mji huo wa Ufaransa kuanzia mwaka 626. Kabla ya hapo alikuwa mmonaki Mkolumbani. Baadaye alianzisha monasteri na kuzipa kanuni aliyotunga mwenyewe. Tangu kale anaheshimiwa na Wakatoliki na Waorthodoksi kama mtakatifu. Heshima hiyo ilithibitishwa na Papa Leo XIII tarehe 24 Novemba 1900. Sikukuu yake huadhimishwa tarehe 7 Agosti. Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko Jonas of Bobbio, Life of Columbanus, book I, ch. 14, ed. Bruno Krusch, Montumenta Germaniae Historica Scriptores Rerum Germanicarum in usum schoarum, vol. 37, Hannover/Leipzig: Hahn 1905, p. 175 Archived 25 Juni 2018 at the Wayback Machine., transl. by Alexander O'Hara and Ian Wood, Liverpool 2016 (Translated Texts for Historians). See also: Internet Medieval Sourcebook Archived 16 Januari 2017 at the Wayback Machine. http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/33900 For a detailed analysis of the text, see Albrecht Diem, 'New ideas expressed in old words: the Regula Donati on female monastic life and monastic spirituality', in: Viator 43:1 (2012), pp.