Donato Mskoti

(Ireland, mwishoni mwa karne ya 8; Italia ya leo, 876 hivi) alikuwa askofu wa Fiesole kuanzia mwaka 829.

Kabla ya hapo alilelewa na wamonaki na kupata maadili na elimu kubwa akawa mwalimu na mshairiHe himself did not disdain to teach "the art of metrical composition". His Life of Saint Brigid is interspersed with short poems of his own composition. 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.

Like St. Columkille, Donatus always cherished a tender regretful love for Ireland; and like him also he wrote a short poem in praise of it which is still preserved. It is in Latin, and the following is a translation, made by a Dublin poet many years ago:

Far westward lies an isle of ancient fame, By nature bless'd; and Scotia is her name, 
Enroll'd in books: exhaustless is her store, Of veiny silver, and of golden ore. 
Her fruitful soil, for ever teems with wealth, With gems her waters, and her air with health; 
Her verdant fields with milk and honey flow;Her woolly fleeces vie with virgin snow; 
Her waving furrows float with bearded corn; And arms and arts her envied sons adorn!
No savage bear, with lawless fury roves, Nor fiercer lion, through her peaceful groves; 
No poison there infects, no scaly snake Creeps through the grass, nor frog annoys the lake; 
An island worthy of its pious race, In war triumphant, and unmatch'd in peace!. 

Alipohiji Roma alitolewa kwa wakazi wa mji wa Fiesole kama mchungaji mashuhuri aliyetumwa na Munguhttps://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/74750 . 

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Benjamin Bossue, "De S. Donato episc. et confes., Fesulis in Tuscia," Acta Sanctorum Octobris, Tomus Nonus. Bruxelles: Alphonsus Greuse 1858, pp. 648–662. 

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Antonella Degl'Innocenti (1992). "Donato di Fiesole, santo."  Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 41 (1992).  
"Saint of the Day - October 22": "Donatus (Donagh) of Fiesole B (RM)"  from Saint Patrick Catholic Church
Donatus of Fiesole, The Land Called Scotia, translated from the Latin by Thomas Kinsella

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Jamii:Waliofariki 876
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