St. Honorina
Feastday: February 27
Death: 303
The most ancient, revered virgin martyr in Normandy, France.Patron of boatmen.Diocese of Rouen, narrates that Onorina known as Normandy, suffered martyrdom at the hands of the pagans, under Diocletian (243-313) at Mélamare between Lillebonne and Harfleur; his body was thrown into the Seine and stranded in Graville, where he was collected by the Christians and buried in the tomb, which became the starting point of his cult.
Another tradition says she was martyred in Coulonces, near the two today's parishes dedicated to her. In 876, under the threat of Norman invasions, the monks who guarded the martyr's relics transferred them further inland, to the confluence of the Seine with the Oise, depositing them in the chapel of the fortress.
On 21 June 1082, behind the siege of Conflans and destroyed the castle, the monks decided to build a church outside the walls, dedicated to Saint Onorina, whose relics were solemnly transported to the bishop of Paris.
In the years 1250, 1619 and 1752 there were carried out other reconnaissance of the same; a Confraternity, established in his honor, obtained special indulgences in 1690.
S. Onorina is the patron saint of boatmen sailors, since Conflans became the port of arrival of the tugs working on the French rivers and canals and in which the tug-chapel is anchored which is the base of the chaplains of the French boatmen.
Feastday: February 27
Death: 303
The most ancient, revered virgin martyr in Normandy, France.Patron of boatmen.Diocese of Rouen, narrates that Onorina known as Normandy, suffered martyrdom at the hands of the pagans, under Diocletian (243-313) at Mélamare between Lillebonne and Harfleur; his body was thrown into the Seine and stranded in Graville, where he was collected by the Christians and buried in the tomb, which became the starting point of his cult.
Another tradition says she was martyred in Coulonces, near the two today's parishes dedicated to her. In 876, under the threat of Norman invasions, the monks who guarded the martyr's relics transferred them further inland, to the confluence of the Seine with the Oise, depositing them in the chapel of the fortress.
On 21 June 1082, behind the siege of Conflans and destroyed the castle, the monks decided to build a church outside the walls, dedicated to Saint Onorina, whose relics were solemnly transported to the bishop of Paris.
In the years 1250, 1619 and 1752 there were carried out other reconnaissance of the same; a Confraternity, established in his honor, obtained special indulgences in 1690.
S. Onorina is the patron saint of boatmen sailors, since Conflans became the port of arrival of the tugs working on the French rivers and canals and in which the tug-chapel is anchored which is the base of the chaplains of the French boatmen.
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