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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Donatism</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>Christian sects</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Donatist</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Donatistic</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Donatistical</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Donatists</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ A doctrine deriving from a schism that occurred in Christian North Africa ca. 311 CE. The Donatists arose due to a disagreement over the election of Cæcilian as the Bishop of Carthage. The local bishops consecrated Donatus, a rival, for whom the sect is named. Occasionally persecuted, the sect survived until the Islamic conquest, during the 7th-8th centuries. ]]></note></mads>