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Hilary of Poitiers
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Hilary of Poitiers was Bishop of Poitiers and a Doctor of the Church. He was sometimes referred to as the "Hammer of the Arians" and the "Athanasius of the West". His name comes from the Latin word for happy or cheerful. Wikipedia
Born: Poitiers, France
Died: November 1, 367 AD, Poitiers, France
Feast: 13 January; 14 January (Byzantine Christianity; some local calendars and pre-1970 General Roman Calendar)
Books: De Trinitate, On the Trinity, Liber mysteriorum, and more
Children: Abra of Poitiers
Attributes: episcopal vestments, a mitre and crozier, and usually white and often long beard
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
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 " ...
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The death of Constantius in 361 ended the persecution of the orthodox Christians. Hilary died in 367 or 368 and was proclaimed a doctor of the Church in 1851.
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