January 14: Saint Hilary of Poitiers

Life and Works of Saint Hilary of Poitiers

Saint Hillary was bishop Potiers during the mid 4th Century. He did much to fight the Arian influence.

Collect Prayer for the Feast of Saint Hilary of Poitiers

O God, Who dist give Thy people blessed

Hillary as a minister of eternal salvation,

 we beseech Thee; grant that wev may 

deserve to have him as an intercessor

in heaven, whom we had as a teacher of life

on Earth. Through Our Lord...

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Audio for Lauds, Memorial to Saint Hillary: 

Header image: Crémière, Pierre-Floréal. Saint Hilaire. 1846. Painting. Église Saint-Hilaire du Martray, Loudun, France. Available from Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Hilaire,_peint_par_Pierre-Flor%C3%A9al_Cr%C3%A9mi%C3%A8re.jpg.

Video image:De Trinitate. Frontispiece illustration. Date and artist unknown. Print on paper. Badia Fiorentina collection. Available from Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hillary_crux.jpg.