Pope Hilarius

Hilary, also Hilarus, († February 28? 468 ), Saint, was Pope from 461 to 468

Life and worship

The Sarde Hilary was probably chosen on November 17, 461 Bishop consecrated on November 19 and died on 28 February (?) 468 According to a different conclusion took his pontificate November 13, 461 to 29 February 468 His Name means the Light '. As archdeacon under Leo I he fought much the dam Flavian of Constantinople Opel at the Council of Ephesus 449

As Pope, he continued the policy of his predecessor, by calling for the rule of the Roman episcopate over southern Gaul. He also ordered the Spanish church laws. The Liber Pontificalis praises him for his gifts to the Roman churches and monasteries. Based on his handling of the Eastern Church, a decretal is obtained in which he condemned heresies, the primacy of Rome emphasized and the decisions of the councils of Nicaea in 325 and Chalcedon in 451 confirmed. In Italy, he was directed against the spread of Arianism. During his tenure, a synod in the Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica falls in the year 465; it is the first Roman Synod, have been preserved by the comprehensive document.

His feast day in the Catholic Church February 29.