page_title: Lérins Islands
hierarchical_section_title: Lérins Islands
caption_attribution_description: Photo of the Ile Sainte-Marguerite: view of the north of the island, including Sainte-Marguerite village and the Fort Royal. Author: Vjam. en:Category:Lérins Islands
context_page_description: The Lérins Islands are a group of four Mediterranean islands off the French Riviera, in Cannes. The two largest islands in this group are the Île Sainte-Marguerite and the Île Saint-Honorat. The smaller Îlot Saint-Ferréol and Îlot de la Tradelière are uninhabited.
  Administratively, the islands belong to the commune of Cannes.
  The islands are first known to have been inhabited during Roman times.
  The Île de Saint-Honorat bears the name of the founder of the monastery of Lérins, Saint Honoratus. It was founded around the year 410. It is in this monastery that Saint Porcarius lived and probably was killed during an invasion by Saracens. According to tradition, Saint Patrick, patron of Ireland, studied there in the fifth century.
  In 1047 the islands were raided by pirates from Andalusia. Thereafter, a fortified monastery was built between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. The monastic community today lives in a monastery built during the nineteenth century.
  The Île Sainte-Marguerite held a fortress where the Man in the Iron Mask was held captive for a time.
  In 1707 the Lérins were occupied by the English navy, under the command of Sir Cloudesley Shovell.
context_section_description: The Lérins Islands (in French: les Îles de Lérins, [lɛz‿il də leʁɛ̃]) are a group of four Mediterranean islands off the French Riviera, in Cannes. The two largest islands in this group are the Île Sainte-Marguerite and the Île Saint-Honorat. The smaller Îlot Saint-Ferréol and Îlot de la Tradelière are uninhabited. 
  Administratively, the islands belong to the commune of Cannes.
  The islands are first known to have been inhabited during Roman times.
  The Île de Saint-Honorat bears the name of the founder of the monastery of Lérins, Saint Honoratus. It was founded around the year 410. It is in this monastery that Saint Porcarius lived and probably was killed during an invasion by Saracens. According to tradition, Saint Patrick, patron of Ireland, studied there in the fifth century.
  In 1047 the islands were raided by pirates from Andalusia. Thereafter, a fortified monastery was built between the eleventh and fourteenth centuries. The monastic community today lives in a monastery built during the nineteenth century.
  The Île Sainte-Marguerite held a fortress where the Man in the Iron Mask was held captive for a time.
  In 1707 the Lérins were occupied by the English navy, under the command of Sir Cloudesley Shovell. This was done in order to block the military port of Toulon to help the army of Victor Amadeus II Duke of Savoy and his cousin Eugene besiege that city.
  Under the French Revolution, the Île Sainte-Marguerite and the Île Saint-Honorat were renamed the Île Marat and the Île Lepeletier, after secular martyrs.
caption: View of the Île Sainte-Marguerite, including the Fort Royal and the village of Sainte-Marguerite.
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