Domitian of Carantania

Blessed Domitian of Carantania
Domitian depicted in a 1429 fresco, Millstatt Abbey Church
Duke of Carantania
Born	8th century
Died	c. 802 Millstatt Carantania, Carolingian Empire (today: Carinthia, Austria)
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church
Canonized	Pre-congregational saint by before Alexander III Pre-Tridentine Calendar
Major shrine	Sanctuary of Millstatt Abbey
Feast	5 February
Attributes	with: sword, crown, idol in hands
Patronage	Carantania, Carinthia, Millstatt; parents who have lost children, calms the storm, cures the fever

Domitian of Carantania or Domitian of Carinthia (German: Domitian von Kärnten, Slovene: Domicijan Koroški; died c. 802), also known as Domislav and Tuitianus, was a Slavic nobleman in the principality of Carantania (present-day Carinthia, Austria) during the reign of Charlemagne. He is regarded as the legendary founder of the Millstatt Abbey church and was venerated as a Catholic Saint.

The hagiography of Domitian is documented in a parchment handwriting from the early 15th century; a transcript of earlier reports written in several phases between 1170 and 1306. According to it, he was the successor of the third Christian prince of Carantania, Valtunk, who ruled under the overlordship of Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria from 772.

However, in the contemporary Conversio Bagoariorum et Carantanorum, a Latin written work which deals with the history of Carantania, the Slavic princes Pribislav, Semika, Stojmir and Etgar are listed as are listed Valtunk's successors and Domitian's name is not mentioned.

The first part of the manuscript reads as follows:

Constat itaque beatum Domicianum ducem quondam Quarantane terre extitisse, ut in epitaphio tumbe illius in lapide ita exaratum invenimus »In nomine Patris et Fiìii et Spirìtus Sancti. Hic requiescit beatus Domitianus dux, primus fundator huius ecclesie, qui convertit istum populum ad christianitatem ab infidelitate«. Ad hec sub quo tempore conversatus fuerit, ibidem continebatur, sed negligencia et vicio antiquorum abolita sunt. Hic cum baptizatus a sancto Rudberto fuisset, ut quidam asserunt, sive ab aliquo successorum suorum, quibus magis favemus, locum adiit Milstatensem et culturam illic demonum non modicam invenit, quemadmodum etymologia nominis loci illius liquido ostendit. Milstat enim a mille statuis nomen accepit, quas ibidem populus errore delusus antiquo coluit, quas ille felix exemplo Bonifacii pape destruxit et eliminata omni spurcicia demonum ecclesiam, que primitus mille demonibus fuit addicta, in honore omnium sanctorum post modum consecrari fecit. Qui cum bona conversacione et felici consumacione cursum vite sue, prout modo merita ipsius declarant, sine querela coram deo et hominibus expleret, venerabile corpus eius in edicula iuxta maiorem ecclesiam est reconditum.