St Honoratus, Bishop & Confessor

From AnaStPaul:

Saint Honoratus of Toulouse (3rd Century), the 2nd Bishop of Toulouse, France. Born in Navarre, Spain and died in Toulouse, France, of natural causes. Also known as – Honore, Onorato.

We have very little information about this Saint, of whom we know only that he was the 2nd Bishop of Toulouse, in modern France. He was converted to Christianity by the Founder of the Church in Toulouse, Saint Saturninus (Feast Day, 29 November), who then sent him to Pampolona in Spain ​​to evangelise the region.

There he met Firminus, son of the senator Firmus, the Governor of Pamplona, ​​converted him and took him back to Toulouse to meet St Saturninus, who then Baptised him and later Ordained him as a Priest. Firminus later founded the Diocese of Amiens and there died a Martyr’s death.

Our Saint was chosen as his successor and consecrated as the Bishop of Toulouse by his Spiritual Master, St Saturninus. Most of this information is extracted from the Vita of St Firminus.

The cult of Saint Honoratus began in the 13th Century when his Tomb was discovered in the Basilica of Saint-Sernin in Toulouse, and whereafter, a Shrine was erected containing his Relics and miracles were reported.