Pope Honorius
Also known as: Bishop Honorius / Honorius · Family: Roman Church · Role: bishop of the Apostolic see · First appears: Book II · Chap. XVII
In c. 627, Pope Honorius sent a pall to Paulinus and letters to Edwin, exhorting the king to persevere in the Christian faith with fatherly encouragement. He also sent palls to Paulinus and Archbishop Honorius, granting them authority to appoint a substitute bishop if either metropolitan died, and sent Archbishop Honorius a pall and letter of ecclesiastical authority.
In 633, Romanus was drowned in the Italian Sea while carrying Justus’s mission to Pope Honorius. In 634, Pope Honorius again granted Archbishop Honorius authority, in the name of Peter, for the surviving archbishop to ordain a replacement for the one who had died. Earlier, he had counselled Birinus to undertake the mission to Britain, where Birinus promised to spread the faith and, at the Pope’s bidding, received episcopal consecration from Asterius.
Relationship record
Life events
- c. 627 · Honorius (Pope) sent the pall to Paulinus.(Book II · Chap. XVII)
- With: Paulinus
- “he sent the pall to the said Paulinus”
- c. 627 · Honorius (Pope) sent Edwin letters exhorting him to preserve his Christian faith.(Book II · Chap. XVII)
- With: Edwin
- “and with it letters of exhortation to King Edwin, with fatherly love inflaming his zeal”
- c. 627 · Honorius (Pope) granted the metropolitans authority to appoint substitutes for one another.(Book II · Chap. XVII)
- With: Archbishop Honorius Paulinus
- “We have sent two palls to the two metropolitans, Honorius and Paulinus; to the intent, that when either of them shall be called out of this world to his Creator, the other may, by this authority of ours, substitute another bishop in his place”
- c. 627 · Pope Honorius sent Honorius the pall and a letter granting ecclesiastical authority.(Book II · Chap. XVIII)
- With: Archbishop Honorius
- “To him also the aforesaid Pope Honorius sent the pall, and a letter”
- 633 · Romanus drowned while carrying Archbishop Justus's mission to Pope Honorius.(Book II · Chap. XX · 📍 Italian Sea)
- 634 · Pope Honorius authorized the surviving archbishop to ordain a replacement bishop.(Book II · Chap. XVIII)
- With: Archbishop Honorius
- “we do hereby in the name of the blessed Peter, chief of the Apostles, grant you authority, that when the Divine Grace shall call either of you to Himself, the survivor shall ordain a bishop in the room of him that is deceased.”
Book II · Chap. XVII
- with Edwin (The pope sent Edwin letters of exhortation.) “he sent the pall to the said Paulinus, and with it letters of exhortation to King Edwin, with fatherly love inflaming his zeal, to the end that he and his people should persist in belief of the truth which they had received”
- with Paulinus (The pope sent a pall to the metropolitan Paulinus.) “We have sent two palls to the two metropolitans, Honorius and Paulinus”
- with Archbishop Honorius (The pope sent a pall to the metropolitan Honorius.) “We have sent two palls to the two metropolitans, Honorius and Paulinus”
Book II · Chap. XVIII
- siblings with Archbishop Honorius “Honorius to his most beloved brother Honorius:”
- with Archbishop Honorius (interaction) “To him also the aforesaid Pope Honorius sent the pall, and a letter, wherein he ordains the same that he had before ordained in his epistle to King Edwin”
- with Archbishop Honorius (The pope grants Honorius authority to ordain a successor bishop.) “we do hereby in the name of the blessed Peter, chief of the Apostles, grant you authority, that when the Divine Grace shall call either of you to Himself, the survivor shall ordain a bishop in the room of him that is deceased.”
- liege: Archbishop Honorius “Wherefore, in accordance with your request, and that of the kings our sons, we do hereby in the name of the blessed Peter, chief of the Apostles, grant you authority, that when the Divine Grace shall call either of you to Himself, the survivor shall ordain a bishop in the room of him that is deceased.”
Book II · Chap. XX
- with Romanus (interaction) “Romanus, the bishop thereof, being sent on a mission to Pope Honorius by Archbishop Justus”
Book III · Chap. VII
- with Birinus (Honorius counselled Birinus and received his promise.) “Bishop Birinus, who came into Britain by the counsel of Pope Honorius; having promised in his presence that he would sow the seed of the holy faith in the farthest inland regions of the English, where no other teacher had been before him.”
- liege: Birinus “Birinus, who came into Britain by the counsel of Pope Honorius; having promised in his presence that he would sow the seed of the holy faith in the farthest inland regions of the English, where no other teacher had been before him. Hereupon at the bidding of the Pope he received episcopal consecration from Asterius, bishop of Genoa”
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Extracted from the original text of Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England. Made with Rho MD.