Hilarius or Hilary (c. 300–367) was bishop of Pictavium (Poitiers) and considered an eminent “doctor“ of the Western Christian Church. He was sometimes referred to as the malleus Arianorum ("hammer against Arianism") and the “Athanasius of the West”. His name comes from the Greek word for happy or cheerful, the same root as English "hilarious". His saint's day is observed on January 13th.
He was born at Poitiers about the end of the 3rd century A.D. His parents were pagans of distinction. He received a good education, including what had even then become somewhat rare in the West, some knowledge of Greek. He studied, later on, the Old and New Testament writings, with the result that he abandoned his Neoplatonism for Christianity, and with his wife and his daughter (traditionally named as Saint Abra) received the sacrament of baptism.
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Catholic Encyclopedia: St. Hilary of Poitiers - Biographical article on this bishop, a staunch opponent of Arianism, who died in 368. Includes bibliography.
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