Honorius of Canterbury


Honorius
Archbishop of Canterbury
Appointed627
Term ended30 September 653
PredecessorJustus
SuccessorDeusdedit
Orders
Consecration627
by Paulinus of York
Personal details
Born
Rome
Died30 September 653
BuriedSt Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury
Sainthood
Feast day30 September
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Roman Catholic Church[1]
Anglican Communion[1]
CanonizedPre-Congregation
ShrinesSt Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury

Honorius (died 30 September 653) was a member of the Gregorian mission to Christianize the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism in 597 AD who later became Archbishop of Canterbury. During his archiepiscopate, he consecrated the first native English bishop of Rochester as well as helping the missionary efforts of Felix among the East Anglians. Honorius was the last to die among the Gregorian missionaries.

  1. ^ a b Farmer Oxford Dictionary of Saints p. 253