Noting his pious inclinations, his family entrusted his education to his predecessor in the bishopric of Amiens, Saint Beatus (Beat).

The Vie de Saint-Honoré was composed towards the end of the 11th century by a canon of Amiens from ancient manuscripts and local legends.

When it was known in his hometown that he had been proclaimed bishop, his nursemaid, who was baking bread for the family, refused to believe that Honoratus had been elevated to such a position.

[3] Bishop Guy, son of Enguerrand I, Count of Ponthieu, ordered that a procession be held, in which an urn holding Honoratus' relics were carried around the walls of the city.

In 1202, a baker named Renold Theriens (Renaud Cherins) donated to the city of Paris some land to build a chapel in honor of the saint.