Hilary of Poitiers

American  

noun

1. Saint, a.d. c300–368, French bishop and theologian.

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Hilary of Poitiers British  

/ ˈhɪlərɪ /

noun

1. Saint. ?315–?367 _ad , French bishop, an opponent of Arianism. Feast day: Jan 13 or 14

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Example Sentences

Oxford, for example has Michaelmas, Hilary and Trinity, marking the feast days of the Archangel Michael, St Hilary of Poitiers and the metaphysical constitution of God.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2012

Above this again, almost too high to be clearly seen, is the death of St. Hilary of Poitiers, at which St. Martin assisted.

From The Story of Assisi by Gordon, Lina Duff

He devoted himself more and more to the study of the Fathers; the works of St. Hilary of Poitiers on the Trinity left him an humble and firm believer in that august mystery.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, June 1865 by Various

From the sunny land of Aquitaine, the firmest conquest of Roman civilization in Atlantic Europe, came Hilary of Poitiers, the noblest representative of Western literature in the Nicene age.

From The Arian Controversy by Gwatkin, Henry Melvill

Hilary of Poitiers argued that there must be twenty-four books, on account of the twenty-four letters in the Greek alphabet.

From History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by White, Andrew Dickson