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Island of Saint-Honorat

France / Provence-Alpes-Cote-dAzur / Cannes /
 island, monastery

The Île Saint-Honorat is the second largest of the Lérins Islands, about a mile off shore from the French Riviera town of Cannes. The island is approximately 1.5 kilometers in length (East to West) and 400 meters wide.

Since the fifth century, the island has been home to a community of monks.
The island, known to the Romans as Lerina, was uninhabited until Saint Honoratus founded a monastery on it at some time around the year 410.
Over the following centuries, monastic life on the island was interrupted on several occasions by raids, mostly attributable to Islamic Raiders. Around 732, many of the community, including the abbot, Saint Porcarius, were massacred on the island by invaders.
The island retains a monastery, which is home to 30 Cistercian monks, and is a popular tourist attraction offering pleasant woodland surroundings, in common with its neighbour the Île Sainte-Marguerite.
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Coordinates:   43°30'26"N   7°2'45"E
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