Obligatory and Optional Memorials of Saints on September 6
- Donatian, Laetus and Companions, bishop and martyrs;
- Eleutherius, abbot;
- Chainoaldes or Cagnoald, bishop;
- Bega or Bee, virgin
St. Donatian (d. ca. 484 A.D.) was a bishop of Byzacene, North Africa. Together with Fusculus, Germanus, Mansuetus and Praesidius, they all objected to the edict of an Arian king who wanted to close all Catholic churches and order all its possessions to be turned over to the Arian clergy (note: Arianism is an early Christian heresy). All of them were tortured and banished to the desert where they all died of exposure. St. Laetus, bishop of Leptis Minor, was imprisoned and then burned to death at the stake at the same time as his fellow bishops.
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