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Statue of Saint Hilaire of Poitier By Franz Anton Koch 1742 Saint Michael Parish Church Mondsee Upper Austria Photgraphed On 11 May 2009 By Wolfgang Sauber
Statue of Saint Hilaire of Poitier By Franz Anton Koch 1742 Saint Michael Parish Church Mondsee Upper Austria Photgraphed On 11 May 2009 By Wolfgang Sauber

Saint Hilary of Poitiers

Also known as: Athanasius of the West; Doctor of the Divinity of Christ; Hammer against Arianism; Ilario di Poitiers; Malleus Arianorum

Saint
Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

13 January; formerly 14 January

Born

315 at Poitiers, France

Died

368 of natural causes

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

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Biography

Saint Hilary of Poitiers, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, was born into a wealthy pagan noble family in Poitiers, Gaul. After marrying and raising children—including the saintly Abra—he devoted himself to study, gradually embracing monotheism and then the Christian faith through diligent reading of

Feast Days

January 13January 14

Books & Resources

Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1612787169

Sacred and Legendary Art, https://archive.org/details/sacredlegendarya01jameuoft

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