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ST. HILARY OF ARLES

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Archbishop, b. about 401; d. 5 May, 449. The exact place of his birth is not
known. All that may be said is that he belonged to a notable family of Northern
Gaul, of which in all probability also came St. Honoratus, his predecessor in
the See of Arles. Learned and rich, Hilary had everything calculated to ensure
success in the world, but he abandoned honours and riches at the urgent
solicitations of Honoratus, accompanied him to the hermitage of Lérins, which
the latter had founded, and gave himself up under the saint's direction to the
practice of austerities and the study of Holy Scripture. When Honoratus, who had
meanwhile become Archbishop of Arles, was at the point of death, Hilary went to
his side and assisted at his latest moments. But as he was about to set out on
his return to Lérins he was retained by force and proclaimed archbishop in the
place of Honoratus. Obliged to yield to this constraint, he resolutely undertook
the duties of his heavy charge, and assisted at the various councils held at
Riez, Orange, Vaison, and Arles.



Subsequently began between him and Pope St. Leo the famous quarrel which
constitutes one of the most curious phases of the history of the Gallican
Church. A reunion of bishops, over which he presided in 444 and at which were
present St. Eucherius of Lyons and St. Germain of Auxerre, deposed for
incapacity provided against by the canons a certain Cheldonius. The latter
hastened to Rome, was successful in pleading his cause before the pope, and
consequently was reinstated in his see. Hilary then sought St. Leo in order to
justify his course of action in the matter, but he was not well received by the
sovereign pontiff and was obliged to return precipitately to Gaul. Several
priests afterwards sent by him to Rome to explain his conduct met with no better
success. Moreover, several persons who were hostile towards him profited by this
juncture to bring various accusations against him at the Court of Rome,
whereupon the pope excommunicated Hilary, transferred the prerogatives of his
see to that of Fréjus, and caused the proclamation by the Emperor Valentinian
III of that famous decree which freed the Church of Vienne from all dependence
on that of Arles. Nevertheless there is every reason to believe that, the storm
once passed, peace was rapidly restored between Hilary and Leo. We are too far
removed from the epoch in which this memorable quarrel occurred, and the
documents which might throw any light on it are too few to allow us to form a
definitive judgment on its causes and consequences. It evidently arose from the
fact that the respective rights of the Court of Rome and of the metropolitan
were not sufficiently clearly established at that time, and that the right of
appeal to the pope, among others, was not explicitly enough recognized. There
exist a number of writings which are ascribed to St. Hilary, but they are far
from being all authentic. Père Quesnel collected them all in an appendix to the
work in which he has published the writings of St. Leo.




SOURCES

Albanez and Chevalier, Gallia Christ. noviss. (Arles, 1900), 29-36; Sevestre,
Dict. patr. (Paris, 1854), II, 192-201; Ceillier, hist. des auteurs eccl.
(Paris, 1747), XIII, 523-538; Baronius, Ann. (1595), 445, 9-18.


ABOUT THIS PAGE

APA citation. Clugnet, L. (1910). St. Hilary of Arles. In The Catholic
Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07349a.htm

MLA citation. Clugnet, Léon. "St. Hilary of Arles." The Catholic Encyclopedia.
Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910.
<http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07349a.htm>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Robert B. Olson.
Offered to Almighty God for all those separated from Our Blessed Lord and His
Church.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. June 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, S.T.D.,
Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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