Hilary of Arles

Hilarius von Arles (* 401 ; † 449 ) was a late antique bishop in the southern French city of Arles in the 5th century .

Life

Hilarius was converted to Christianity by his uncle, Bishop Honoratus . After he had sold his inheritance, he went to a strictly ascetic monastery on the Îles de Lérins , the Lérins Abbey . Around the year 430 he was chosen as successor by Honoratus because of his intellectual abilities and the good way of life.

Hilarius tried to promote asceticism in the clergy and opposed the Augustinian doctrine of predestination . His sermons were of a rather simple style. After he got involved in a dispute with Pope Leo I , he was deposed as bishop by him in 445.

literature

• Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz :  Hilarius of Arles. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 833-834.
• Franz Jung : Hilary of Arles, Life of St. Honoratus. A text study on monasticism and episcopalism in late ancient Gaul with a Latin-German text of "Sermo" and two sermons on St. Honoratus of Faustus of Riez and Caesarius of Arles. Carthusianus-Verlag, Fohren-Linden 2013, ISBN 978-3-941862-13-5 , especially chapter 2: The author Hilarius von Arles .
• Hans Lietzmann : Hilarius 12 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII, 2, Stuttgart 1913, column 1604.