Hilarion | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Hilarion the Great, from the Menologion of Basil II, c.1000 (Vatican Library) | |
| Abbot | |
| Born | AD 291 Thabatha, south of Gaza in Syria Palaestina, Roman Empire |
| Died | AD 371 Province of Cyprus, Roman Empire |
| Venerated in | Oriental Orthodox Church Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
| Canonized | Pre-congregation |
| Feast | October 21 |
| Attributes | Scroll |
Hilarion the Great (291–371) was an anchorite who spent most of his life in the desert according to the example of Anthony the Great (c. 251–356). While Anthony is considered to have established Christian monasticism in the Egyptian Desert, Hilarion is considered by his biographer Jerome to be the founder of Palestinian monasticism[1] (see also Chariton the Confessor) and venerated as a saint exemplifying monastic virtues by the Orthodox and the Roman Catholic Church.
- ^ Butler, Edward Cuthbert (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 458.