Honoratus

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Roman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast5 May
Attributesrepresented as a bishop over the island of Lérins with a phoenix below, or drawing water from a rock with his mitre near him [1]
Patronageagainst drought; against misfortune; against rain; for rain[2]

Honoratus (

Archbishop of Arles. He is honored as a saint in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.[3]

Life

Honoratus was born in the north of

Marseilles 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.[6]

Lerins

Numerous disciples soon gathered around Honoratus, including

St. Patrick trained there for his missionary work in Ireland.[5]

Archbishop of Arles

Honoratus' reputation for sanctity throughout the southeastern portion of Gaul was such that in 426 after the assassination of Patroclus, Archbishop of Arles, he was summoned from his solitude to succeed to the government of the diocese, which the

Manichaean
beliefs had greatly disturbed. He appears to have succeeded in re-establishing order and orthodoxy, while still continuing to direct from afar the monks of Lérins.

He died in the arms of Hilary, one of his disciples and probably a relative, who was to succeed him in the See of Arles.[6] Hilary wrote the Sermo de Vita Sancti Honorati probably around 430.

Honoratus' various writings have not been preserved, nor has the Rule which he gave to the solitaries of Lérins. John Cassian, who had visited his monastery, dedicated to him several of his "Conferences".

Saint Honorat d'Arles

La Vida de Sant Honorat

In the Middle Ages, Honaratus was the object of a pilgrimage in the

Roquesteron.[7]

Legacy

One of the Lérins islands near the Antibes off the French Riviera is now called St. Honorat in his honor.[5]

Gallery

  • Saint Honoratus
    Saint Honoratus
  • Saint Honoratus is on the left, Cathedral of Saint Trophimus, Arles.
    Saint Honoratus is on the left, Cathedral of Saint Trophimus, Arles.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Honoratus.

References

  1. ^ Saint of the Day, January 16: Honoratus of Arles Archived 2008-05-30 at the Wayback Machine SaintPatrickDC.org. Retrieved 2012-03-04.
  2. ^ "St. Honoratus of Arles", The Newman Connection
  3. ^ "St. Honoratus the Archbishop of Arles and Founder of Lerins Monastery", Orthodox Church in America
  4. ^ a b Butler, Alban. The Lives or the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints, Vol. I, D. & J. Sadlier, & Company, 1864
  5. ^ a b c Staley, Tony. "So long ago, but not really", The Compass News, Archidiocese of Green Bay, January 12, 2001
  6. ^ a b Clugnet, Léon. "St. Honoratus." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 17 Jul. 2013
  7. ^ Un Dragon réapparaît en Provençe... (fin) (in French). Retrieved 2012-03-04.

Sources

  • Attwater, Donald and Catherine Rachel John. The Penguin Dictionary of Saints. 3rd edition. New York: Penguin Books, 1993.
    ISBN 0-14-051312-4
    .
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