Honorius
member of the Gregorian mission to the Anglo-Saxons and Archbishop of Canterbury
Feast: 30 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Honorius, a Roman monk and disciple of St Gregory the Great, came to England with the first or second band of missionaries. He was elected fifth Archbishop of Canterbury in 627 and consecrated by St Paulinus.
He sent bishops to East Anglia and died on 30 September 653; he was buried with his predecessors in St Augustine's church.
The miracles
By decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites in 1883 he is commemorated in the English supplement to the Breviary; there was never a formal cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
One of the first missionaries who brought the Faith to England.
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - St. Honorius of Canterbury
- Wikidata Q503207 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Honorius of Canterbury (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.