 Honorius ( died 30 September 653 ) was a member of the Gregorian mission to Christianize the Anglo @-@ Saxons from their native Anglo @-@ Saxon paganism in 597 AD who later became Archbishop of Canterbury . During his archiepiscopate , he consecrated the first native English bishop of Rochester as well as helping the missionary efforts of Felix among the East Anglians . Honorius was the last to die among the Gregorian missionaries . 
