Domnin (died 5 November 379) was the first Bishop of Digne, from 364 to 379 and was also the

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of the city of

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. He is venerated as a

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in the

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Biography

A native of

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, he, together with Saint Marcellin and Saint Vincent, arrived in

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in 313 with North African bishops. There, the council assembled to judge the three Donatists. After receiving the mission of Pope Melchiades, they went to

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to the inhabitants of the Italian side of the Alps, from the shores of the sea to

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, where they parted. Together with Saint Vincent, he decided to go preach in the

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, converting the most people into

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Digne-les-Bains Digne-les-Bains (; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Dinha dei Banhs''), or simply and historically Digne (''Dinha'' in the Franco-Provençal, classical norm or ''Digno'' in the Mistralian norm), is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Alpe ...

. It was reported that he publicly healed a great number of people and baptised five hundred people on the same day. In the early days of

, the missionaries became the first bishops in the main regions they evangelized in. He also took part in the evangelisation of the valley of Ubaye. Canonized by the Catholic Church, he is celebrated locally in the Roman Martyrology on 5 November.

References

#Vincent J.O'Malley, ''Saints of Africa'', 2001, ()

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Domnin, Saint 379 deaths Bishops of Digne French Roman Catholic saints 4th-century bishops in Gaul Year of birth unknown