Donos 2

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM/L VII
Dates676 (taq) / 678 (ob.)
PmbZ No.1392
Variant NamesDonus;
pope Domnus I
ReligionChristian
LocationsSt Euphemia (Church of, Rome);
Holy Apostles (Church of, Rome);
St. Peter (Church of, Rome) (burialplace);
Rome (officeplace);
Rome (residence);
Rome;
Rome (birthplace)
OccupationBishop
TitlesArchbishop, Rome (office);
Bishop, Rome (office);
Patriarch, Rome (office);
Pope, Rome (office)
Textual SourcesConstantinople, Third Council of (Sixth Ecumenical Council), ed. R. Riedinger, Concilium Universale Constantinopolitanum Tertium, ACO II.2. 1 (Berlin, 1990-1992); also cited from Mansi XI passim (conciliar);
Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle);
Paulus Diaconus, Historia Gentis Langobardorum, ed. L. Bethmann and G. Waitz, MGH, Scr. Rer. Lang., pp. 12-187; also in MGH, Scr. Rer. Ger. 48, pp. 49-242 (history)

Donos 2 was bishop of Rome from 2 November 676 to 11 April 678. A native of Rome, Donos 2 was the son of Mauricius (Maurikios 8); he was bishop of Rome for one year, five months, ten days: Lib. Pont. 80. 1. He paved with marble the upper atrium of St Peter's, restored and dedicated the Church of the Apostles on the Via Ostiensis and dedicated the Church of St Euphemia on the Via Appia: Lib. Pont. 80. 1, cf. Paul. Diac. Hist., Lang. V 31 ("Domnus papa"; paved with marble a place "qui Paradisus dicitur" in front of the basilica of St Peter). Discovering that the Syrian monks in the Boethian monastery at Rome were Nestorians, he dispersed them among various other monasteries and settled Roman monks in what had formerly been their monastery: Lib. Pont. 80. 2. He was buried in St Peter's on 11 April (678): Lib. Pont. 80. 3. An imperial letter inviting him to send clergy to Constantinople to discuss church unity arrived after his death and was dealt with by his successor, pope Agatho 1: Lib. Pont. 81. 3. It is preserved among the documents from the Third Council of Constantinople (the Sixth Ecumenical Council), where it is addressed "Dono sanctissimo et beatissimo archiepiscopo antiquae nostrae Romae et universali papae"; the Greek version has: Δόμνῳ (sic) τῷ ἁγιωτάτῳ καὶ μακαριωτάτῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ τῆς πρεσβυτέρας ἡμῶν Ῥώμης καὶ οἰκουμενικῷ πάπᾳ: Riedinger, pp. 2-3ff.

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