Honorius
member of the Gregorian mission to the Anglo-Saxons and Archbishop of Canterbury
b. 6th century · d. 30 Sep 653
5th Archbishop of Canterbury · c. 627–c. 653
Offices
- Archbishop of Canterbury № 5 · c. 627 – c. 653
Honorius 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.
Related people
- Paulinus of York consecrated by · documented
- Justus succeeded · inferred
- Felix of Burgundy consecrator of · traditional
- Brigilsus consecrator of · traditional
- Ithamar consecrator of · traditional
- Thomas consecrator of · traditional
- Deusdedit of Canterbury preceded · inferred
Commemorated
Places
- Rome birth
- St Augustine's Abbey burial
- Canterbury death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum 1 claim — Registrum Sacrum Anglicanum — the see of Canterbury