Honoratus of Amiens, St.
HONORATUS OF AMIENS, ST.
Bishop of Amiens; b. probably in Port-le-Grand; d. in the Diocese of Amiens, c. 600. According to the unreliable biography written not earlier than the late 11th century, Honoratus was a contemporary of Pope pelagius ii (579–590). His cult became widespread in France as a result of cures effected when his body was elevated in 1060. In 1204 Reynold Cherez and his wife placed the church they had built in Paris under his patronage, and a century later the charterhouse at Abbéville was dedicated to him. The famous Faubourg and Rue Saint-Honoré in Paris are named also for him. He is recognized as the patron of bakers and those who work with flour.
Feast: May 16.
Bibliography: Bibliotheca hagiographica latina antiquae ct mediae aetatis, 2 v. (Brussels 1898–1901; suppl. 1911) 1:3972–74. Acta Sanctorum May 3:609–613. l. duchesne, Fastes épiscopaux de l'ancienne Gaule, 3 v. (2d. ed. Paris 1907–15) 3:125, 143. a. butler, The Lives of the Saints, ed. h. thurston and d. att-water, 4 v. (New York 1956) 2:330.
[c. r. byerly]