Île Saint-Honorat

Saint Honorat is the second largest of the Lérins Islands, which lie only a quarter of an hour's boat ride from Cannes in the Mediterranean Sea.

The island, which was already known to the Romans, is named after Saint Honoratus, who retired to the uninhabited island around 410 to live as a hermit. Soon after, however, many of his disciples settled here and soon formed a monastic community.

The tradition is carried on today by Cistercians.