Honoratus
Sign in to saveHonoratus (; – 6 January 429) was the founder of Lérins Abbey who later became an early Archbishop of Arles. He is honored as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Honoratus
- Saint.death_date
- 6 January 429
- Saint.feast_day
- 16 January
- Saint.venerated_in
- Roman Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.image
- Vgeant26.jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 230px
- Saint.caption
- Coverpage woodcut from La vida de sant Honorat arquebisbe de Arles
- Saint.birth_place
- Northern Gaul
- Saint.death_place
- Arles, Diocese of the Seven Provinces, Gaul, Western Roman Empire
- Saint.titles
- Hermit, abbot and bishop
- Saint.attributes
- represented as a bishop over the island of Lérins with a phoenix below, or drawing water from a rock with his mitre near him
- Saint.patronage
- against drought; against misfortune; against rain; for rain
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- Life
- Lerins
- Archbishop of Arles
- ''La Vida de Sant Honorat''
- Legacy
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- Sources
Honoratus (; – 6 January 429) was the founder of Lérins Abbey who later became an early Archbishop of Arles. He is honored as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
==Life== Honoratus was born in the north of Gaul to a consular Roman family. He received an outstanding education. He converted to Christianity with his brother Venantius and embarked with him from Marseille about 368, under the guidance of a holy person named Caprasius, to visit the holy places of Palestine and the lauræ of Syria and Egypt. The sudden death of Venantius at Methone, Achaia prevented the pious travellers from going further. They returned to Gaul through Italy, and, after having stopped at Rome, Honoratus went on into Provence. Encouraged by Leontius of Fréjus, he took up his abode on the wild Lérins Island today called the Île Saint-Honorat, with the intention of living there in solitude.