Honoratus
Honoratus (French: Saint Honorat; c. 350 – 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.
Saint Honoratus | |
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Coverpage woodcut from La vida de sant Honorat arquebisbe de Arles | |
| Hermit, abbot and bishop | |
| Born | c. 350 Northern Gaul |
| Died | Arles, Diocese of the Seven Provinces, Gaul, Western Roman Empire |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Feast | 5 May |
| 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 |
| Patronage | against drought; against misfortune; against rain; for rain |
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