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Honoratus of Fondi
6th-century abbot
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 16 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
530
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Fondi in Latium (Italy), St. Honoratus, abbot, whom Pope St. Gregory mentions.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Dominican Martyrology (1955) remembers him on 16 January.
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 16 January
- Wikidata Q3882764 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.