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Donus (died  April 11, 678) was pope from November
2, 676 to his death. He was the son of a
Rome|Roman named Mauricius. Not much is known of
this pope.

While he was pope, he  paved the enclosed
forecourt of St. Peter's Basilica and restored
other churches of Rome. Also, he dispersed a group
of Nestorius|Nestorian monks who were discovered
at a Syrian monastery in Rome and gave their
monastery to Catholic monks. 

He came to an arrangement with Reparatus,
archbishop of Ravenna, resulting in the latter's
abandonment of claims to autocephalous status and
return to the authority of Rome.

Relations with Constantinople tended towards the
conciliatory.

Donus' pontificate lasted one year, five months,
and ten days. He was buried in St. Peter's.

An apocryphal Pope Donus II used to be listed in
the official lists. He was mistakenly inserted
after Pope Benedict VI. The name comes from a
confusion of the title domnus (dominus) and the
Roman name Donus (LP II, XVIII, and 256).

==External links==
*http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05133a.htm
Catholic Encyclopedia: Pope Donus
*http://www.routledge-ny.com/ref/papacy/onomastics
.pdf Pontifical Onomastics

Pope|
Predecessor=Pope Adeodatus II|Saint Adeodatus|
Successor=Pope Agatho|Saint
Agatho|Dates=676–678