Honorius, an archbishop of Canterbury' in 627. He instituted parishes in England ; but litte is known of his life and works. He died in 653.
Honorius of Autux QAitgristodunensis), surnamed " the Solitary-," a scholastic theologian of the first half of the 11th century, is generally supposed to have been born in France, and was connected with a church at
Autun, in Burgimdy. His personal historj'^ is rather obscure ; but if he be really the author of the Elucidari- 11711, a summary' of theologj", published in France as the work of Anselm (Paris, 1560, 8vo), he deser\-cs to be ranked among the most celebrated men of his centurj\ The Elucidariuvi shows that Honorius was devoted to a practical mysticism, and in his work he seems to have followed the new Platonic-Augustinian theologj'. He condemned the Crusades and pilgrimages to Jerusalem, all decorations of the altar, the extreme unction, etc. On the doctrme of the Trinity, he held that the godhead consists of three distinct powers. He is also said to have been the author of a work, De Preedestinatione et libera arbitrio (Col. 1552; also found in Cassander's Worls, p. 623 sq.). In this work he holds that " God's foreknowl- edge has no compelling influence upon our actions, nor his predestination any necessitating power over our fate; for, as all futujrity is present to an omnipresent Being, he knows our future acts, because he sees them as al- ready done ; and his predestination to either life or death is the consequence of his foreknowing the line of con- duct which his creatures would choose to pursue." In many respects he agreed with Abelard (q. v.). Hono- rius also wrote several Biblical works, among Avhich his Introduction to the Exjilanation of Solomon's Song is considered as his best production. All his theological and philosophical works are collected in the Bibl. Max. Patr. vol. XX. See Dupin, Bibl. Nouv. des aiit. eccl. ix, 154 ; Oudin, Be Script. Eccles. ; Schrockh, Kirchengesch. xxiv, 361 sq.; xxviii, 335, 416 sq., 427 sq.; xxix, 341; Ritter, Gesch. der Philos. vii, 435 sq. ; Clarke, Succession of Sacred Lit. ii, 680 ; Waterland, Works (see Index) ; Fuhrmann, Hanchcorterb. d. Kirchenr/esch. ii, 342 ; Asch- bach, Kirchen-Lex. iii, 321 sq. ; Hoefer, Nonv. Biog. Ge- nerate, XXV, 19 sq. ; Darling, Encglclop, Bibliog. i, 1526. (J.H.W.)
Honorius de Sanxta Maria, who was also known as Blaise Vauxelle, was born at Limoges, in France, July 4, 1651. He joined the Carmelites at Toulouse in 1671, and then went on a mission to the Levant. Re- turning to France, he taught theology for some years, and became prior, counsellor, provincial, and, finally, vis- itor general of the French Carmelites. He died in 1729. The most important and useful of his publications is en- titled Be flexions sur les Regies et sur V Usage de la Cri- tique, touchant VHistoire de FEglise, les Ouvrages des Peres, lesActes des anciens Martyrs, les Vies des Saintcs, etc. (Paris and Lyons, 1712-1720, 3 vols. 4to). He wrote several treatises against Jansenism, and in favor of the bull Unigenitus; also Vie de Saint Jean de la Croix (Toumay, 1724) : — Obsei'vations sur VHistoire ecclesias- tique de Fleurij (Mechlin, 1726-1729) : — Expositio Syni- boli Apiostolorum, etc. (Perpignan, 1689) : — Traditions des Peres et auteurs eccles. sur la Contemplation (Paris, 1706, 2 vols. Bvo), which last was translated into Italian and Spanish, and to which he subsequently added Pes Motifs et de la Pratique de F amour de Dieu (Paris, 1713, 8vo) ; etc. — Moreri, Nouv, Diet. Histor. ; Hoefer, Xoui: Biog. Generale, xxv, 83.
Honorius I, Pope, was a native of the Campania, and succceiled ISoniface Y in 625. His general admin- istration of Church affairs has been favorably comment- ed upon by historians, and his name is very prom- inent in the historj' of the paschal controversy in Ire- land, and in that of the early Anglo-Saxon Church. The feast of the elevation of the cross was organized diu-ing his time (about 628), and he was verj' active in converting the heathen. He died in 638. Some of his letters are preserved in Labbe's Collect. Concilinrum, vol. iii. Honorius is especially distinguished for the part he took in the Monothelistic controversies of that period. While the controversy was gaining ground in the West, Sergius, patriarch of Constantinojile, wrote to Honorius, explaining the jMonothelistic doc- trines in the most fiivorable light, and suggested that Honorius should impose sUence on both parties in a
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