  honoratus (; c. 350 â january 6, 429) was an early archbishop of arles, who was also the abbot of lÃ©rins abbey. he is honored as a saint in the catholic church ==life== there is some disagreement concerning his place of birth, and the date of his death is still disputed, being according to certain authors, january 14 or january 15. it is believed that he was born in the north of gaul and that he belonged to a consular roman family.butler, alban. the lives or the fathers, martyrs and other principal saints, vol. i, d. & j. sadlier, & company, 1864 honoratus received an outstanding education.staley, tony. "so long ago, but not really", the compass news, archidiocese of green bay converted to christianity with his brother venantius, he embarked with him from marseilles about 368, under the guidance of a holy person named caprasius, to visit the holy places of palestine and the laurÃ¦ of syria and egypt. but the death of venantius, occurring suddenly at methone, achaia, prevented the pious travellers from going further. they returned to gaul through italy, and, after having stopped at rome, honoratus went on into provence and, encouraged by leontius, bishop of frÃ©jus, took up his abode in the wild lÃ©rins island today called the
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