Honoratus


Honoratus
Coverpage woodcut from La vida de sant Honorat arquebisbe de Arles
Hermit, abbot and bishop
Bornc. 350
Northern Gaul
DiedArles, Diocese of the Seven Provinces, Gaul, Western Roman Empire
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church[1]
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 [2]
Patronageagainst drought; against misfortune; against rain; for rain[3]

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.[4]