Honorius of Canterbury

Saint Honorius of Canterbury was born at Rome and was one of the Roman missionaries to England. He succeeded Saint Justus as the fifth Archbishop of Canterbury, in 627. He was consecrated bishop at Lincoln by Saint Paulinus, and he himself consecrated Saint Felix for East Anglia and Ithamar, the first English bishop, for Rochester. He reposed in 653. He is commemorated on 30 September, as a saint of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar.