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Article: Saint Hilary of Poitiers.(FATHERS OF THE CHURCH XI)(Biography)
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- June 1, 2005
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"To those who wish to stand in God's grace, neither the guardianship of saints nor the defences of angels are wanting"--Hilary, Commentary on the Psalms.
Hilary was born c.315 in Poitiers, whose early Christianising and monasteries attest to the impact of his bishopric there from 353 to his death from natural causes around 367, on either January 13/14 (Feast Days) or (in some martyrologies) November 1.
Thanks to his aristocratic pagan parents, he received a traditional classical education, embracing Neo-Platonism until self-converted to the Faith by private Bible study, especially swayed by God's "I Am That I Am" (Exodus 3:14) and John's explanation ...