Island of Saint-Honorat
France /
Provence-Alpes-Cote-dAzur /
Cannes /
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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.
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.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Île_Saint-Honorat
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Coordinates: 43°30'26"N 7°2'45"E
- Île du Levant 71 km
- Îles d'Hyères 88 km
- Porquerolles Island 90 km
- Corsica 133 km
- Capraia 228 km
- Elba 258 km
- Pianosa 263 km
- Asinara 282 km
- Caprera 319 km
- Giglio 335 km
- Lérins Abbey 0.1 km
- St Peters Chapel 0.1 km
- Little port of l'île Saint Honorat 0.2 km
- fortified monastery 0.3 km
- Chapelle Saint-Caprais 0.7 km
- Lérins Islands 1 km
- Le Grand Jardin 1.1 km