DONADONI, CARLO ANTONIO. — Franciscan theologian and orator, born in Venice on 15 August 1672, died in Šibenik (Dalmatia) on 7 January 1756. Admitted to the College of St Bonaventure in Rome (8 May 1693), he completed his advanced theological studies there and obtained his academic degrees. He taught philosophy and theology at the Studium of Padua, where he served as regent, and at other Studiums of the Order. In 1721 he was elected provincial minister of his province of St Anthony, and on 12 April 1723 bishop of Šibenik in Dalmatia. He governed with the utmost diligence, edifying his flock with both word and deed.
Notable among his works are the Panegirici sacri (Venice 1707), the Morale di Aristotile a Nicomano (ibid. 1709), and La Crusca in esame (ibid. 1740). He also wrote against Lodovico Antonio Muratori’s work Della regolata devozione dei cristiani, opposing the proposal to reduce religious feast days.