(ABOUT A.D. 270.)
[Commemorated at Pampeluna, as the apostle of that place, and at
Amiens with nine lections, and at Toulouse, where his head is
preserved. Besides being mentioned in these Breviaries, his name
occurs in the Anglican Martyrology of Wytford, and in the additions
to Usuardus, by Molanus. All that is known of him is found in the
Acts of S. Firmin, B. M. See Sept. 25th.]
Honestus, a native of Nismes, was found by S. Saturninus, as he passed
through that city, to be of so pious and zealous a disposition that he
called him to follow him, as a disciple, and after he had fully
instructed him, he ordained him priest, and sent him into Spain. He
preached with great effect at Pampeluna, where he converted one
Firmus, a senator, with all his house, and his son, Firmin, became his
most devoted pupil. He so completely succeeded in the destruction of
superstition in the minds of the people of Pampeluna, that he
persuaded them to entirely overthrow a temple of Diana, which adorned
their town. In some martyrologies he is called a martyr, but nothing
is known of the place or manner of his death.