Jonatus

Jonatus or Jonath (died c. 690) was a Christian monk. He was a monk at the monastery of Elnone under Abbot Amandus. From about 643, he served as the abbot of the monastery of Marchiennes. This monastery had been founded as a male community by Amandus, but Jonatus introduced nuns. Around 652, he became abbot of Elnone.

Jonatus died around 690 or 695. He is recognized today as a saint in the Catholic Church. His feast is on 1 August in the revised 2004 edition of the Roman Martyrology, but he is not listed in the General Roman Calendar. Some modern scholars have proposed that Jonatus is the same person as Jonas of Bobbio, who was with Amandus between 638 and 641. No medieval source ever identifies the two or equates their names.


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