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Hilary of Poitiers (Latin: Hilarius Pictaviensis; c. 310 – c. 367) [2] was Bishop of Poitiers and a Doctor of the Church. He was sometimes referred to as the "Hammer of the Arians " ( Malleus Arianorum ) and the " Athanasius of the West". [ 3 ]
As early as 312 the bishop of Poitiers established a school near his cathedral; among its scholars were Hilary, St. Maxentius, Maximus, Bishop of Trier, and his two brothers St. Maximinus of Chinon and St. John of Marne, Paulinus, Bishop of Trier, and the poet Ausonius.
Hilary of Poitiers (Latin: Hilarius Pictaviensis; c. 310 – c. 367) was Bishop of Poitiers and a Doctor of the Church. He was sometimes referred to as the "Hammer of the Arians" (Malleus Arianorum) and the "Athanasius of the West". His name comes from the Latin word for happy or cheerful.
Saint Cassian of Imola, bishop of Brescia (49–50) Bishop of Poitiers Gilbert de la Porrée (64) Bishop Saint Gregory of Tours (71) Bishop Saint Hilary of Arles (50) Bishop Saint Hilary of Poitiers, Doctor of the Church (9–10) Bishop Saint Isidore of Seville (81–84) Bishop Ivo of Chartres (161–162) Bishop of Chartres John of Salisbury (199)
He served in the Roman cavalry in Gaul, but left military service prior to 361, when he became a disciple of Hilary of Poitiers, establishing the monastery at Ligugé. He was consecrated as Bishop of Caesarodunum in 371. As bishop, he was active in the suppression of the remnants of Gallo-Roman religion.
The first Bishop of Poitiers from 350 to 367, was Hilary of Poitiers or Saint Hilarius, [8] who proceeded to evangelize the town. Exiled by Constantius II, he risked death to return to Poitiers as Bishop. In tandem, the first foundations of the Baptistère Saint-Jean can be traced to that era of open Christian conversion. This man was later ...
The original monastery was founded in 361, at a site offered by the bishop Hilary of Poitiers, to Hilary's protégé Martin of Tours, to whom it was later dedicated.The site was described as "deserted" in early writings about the abbey, such as the account of the noted historian, Gregory of Tours, who made a pilgrimage to the abbey in 591 to honor his predecessor in the episcopal see.
Hilary of Poitiers (c. 310–c. 367), Bishop of Poitiers and a Doctor of the Church; Hilary of Arles (c. 403–449), Bishop of Arles; Hilary of Galeata (476–558) Pope Hilary, (died 468) also referred to as Pope Hilarius.