Saint Honestus

Saint Honestus
Saint Honestus
Born	Nîmes
Died	~270 AD; Pamplona
Venerated in	Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast	16 February

Saint Honestus (Spanish: San Honesto, French: Saint Honest) was, according to Christian tradition, a disciple of Saturninus of Toulouse and a native of Nîmes.^[1]

Saturninus and Honestus evangelized in Spain, and Honestus was martyred at Pampeluna during the persecutions of Aurelian. Elaboration of this legend states that Honestus was a nobleman of Nîmes who was appointed "apostle to Navarre and the Basque Country."^[2]

Further elaboration of his legend states that at Pampeluna, he converted the senator Firmus and his family to Christianity, while Firmus's son, Saint Firminus, was christened by Saint Saturninus.^[3] Variants of this legend state that Honestus baptized Firminus himself.^[4]

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[1] Monks of Ramsgate. “Honestus”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 3 September 2013

[2] Honesto

[3] History of... The saint Saint San Fermin festival Sanfermines tourist information on Navarre

[4] San Fermín y San Ilídio

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