Honorius of Canterbury
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Honorius (died 30 September 653) was a member of the
Early life
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Archbishop
In 627, Honorius was consecrated as archbishop by
Honorius consolidated the work of converting the English by sending Felix, a Burgundian, to Dunwich[10] after Felix came to the archbishop and made known his desire to go to East Anglia as a missionary.[2] Honorius may have consecrated Felix as the first bishop of East Anglia[11] or Felix may have already been consecrated on the continent.[10][12] The dating of this episode is unclear, but it is probably close to 631.[8] It is possible that King Sigeberht of East Anglia, who converted to Christianity while he was in exile on the continent, had already met Felix and was behind Felix's journey to Honorius. As well as his help to Felix, Honorius consecrated the first Anglo-Saxon bishop, Ithamar of Rochester,[10] and his successor was also a native of England.[2]
Honorius had few conflicts with the Irish missionary efforts, and admired Aidan, one of the leading Irish clergy.[13]
Death and legacy
Honorius died on 30 September 653,[14] the last of the Gregorian missionaries.[4] He was buried at the Church of St Augustine in Canterbury.[6] He was later revered as a saint, with his feast day being 30 September.[11] His relics were translated to a new tomb in 1091, and around that same time a hagiography of his life was written by Goscelin.[15] In the 1120s his relics were still being venerated at St Augustine's.[16]
See also
Citations
- ^ a b Farmer Oxford Dictionary of Saints p. 253
- ^ a b c Hindley Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons pp. 43–45
- ^ Stenton Anglo-Saxon England p. 112–113
- ^ a b Sharpe "Naming of Bishop Ithamar" English Historical Review p. 3
- ^ a b Blair World of Bede pp. 96–97
- ^ a b Hunt "Honorius (St Honorius)" Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- ^ Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 56
- ^ a b Kirby Earliest English Kings p. 66
- ^ Wright Companion to Bede pp. 57–58
- ^ a b c Brooks Early History of the Church of Canterbury pp. 65–67
- ^ a b Walsh New Dictionary of Saints p. 268
- ^ Blair World of Bede p. 107
- ^ Mayr-Harting Coming of Christianity p. 94
- ^ Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 213
- ^ Blair "Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints" Local Saints and Local Churches p. 539
- ^ Hayward "Absent Father" Journal of Medieval History p. 217 footnote 72
References
- Blair, John (2002). "A Handlist of Anglo-Saxon Saints". In Thacker, Aland; ISBN 0-19-820394-2.
- ISBN 0-521-39819-3.
- ISBN 0-7185-0041-5.
- Farmer, David Hugh (2004). Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Fifth ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-860949-0.
- Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
- Hindley, Geoffrey (2006). A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: The Beginnings of the English Nation. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers. ISBN 978-0-7867-1738-5.
- Hayward, Paul Antony (2003). "An Absent Father: Eadmer, Goscelin and the Cult of St Peter, the First Abbot of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury". S2CID 159827773.
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13664. Retrieved 7 November 2007. (subscription or UK public library membershiprequired)
- Kirby, D. P. (2000). The Earliest English Kings. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-24211-8.
- ISBN 0-271-00769-9.
- JSTOR 3489611.
- ISBN 978-0-19-280139-5.
- Walsh, Michael J. (2007). A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West. London: Burns & Oats. ISBN 978-0-86012-438-2.
- ISBN 978-0-8028-6309-6.
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