Lérins Islands

School or library

archipelago in Cannes, France

Location: 43.5175, 7.0450

What this place is

School or library — the island monastery off Cannes that taught a generation of Gaulish bishops — Vincent wrote his Commonitorium here in 434, and Honoratus, Hilary, Eucherius, Lupus, Faustus and Caesarius all went out from it

Who is recorded here

Vincent of Lérins death · AD 445

What happened here

Vincent of Lérins writes the Commonitorium AD 434

In art

File:Aerial view of Îles de Lérins (cropped).jpg — Olivier Cleynen

About the place

The Lérins Islands are a group of five Mediterranean islands off the French Riviera, in Cannes. The two largest islands in this group are Île Sainte-Marguerite and Île Saint-Honorat. The smaller Îlot Saint-Ferréol, Îlot de la Tradelière and Îlot de l'Ilon are uninhabited.

From Wikipedia, retrieved 2026-08-14 · CC BY-SA 4.0