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Pope Hilarius

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Pope Hilarius (also Hilarus, Hilary; died 29 February 468) was the bishop of Rome from 461 to 468. In 449, Hilarius served as a legate for Pope Leo I at the Second Council of Ephesus. His opposition to the condemnation of Flavian of Constantinople incurred the enmity of Dioscurus of Alexandria, who attempted to prevent him from leaving the city. Hilarius was able to make his escape and returned to Rome by an indirect route. He later erected an oratory at the Lateran in honor of John the Evangelist, to whom he attributed his safe passage. Much of his pontificate was spent in maintaining ecclesiastical discipline in conformity with canon law, and in settling jurisdictional disputes among the bishops of both Gaul and Spain.

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Church
Catholic Church
Papacy began
19 November 461
Papacy ended
29 February 468
Predecessor
Leo I
Successor
Simplicius
Born
After 395Sardinia, Sardinia and Corsica, Western Roman Empire
Died
29 February 468Rome, Italy, Western Roman Empire
Buried
St. Lawrence outside the Walls
Feast day
17 November (Roman Catholic)28 February (Eastern Orthodox)
Venerated in
Eastern Orthodox ChurchRoman Catholic Church

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Preceded byLeo I
Preceded byLeo I
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byLeo I
Catholic Church titles
Pope 461–468
Catholic Church titles
Succeeded bySimplicius
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byLeo I
Pope 461–468
Succeeded bySimplicius

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    http://orthodoxengland.org.uk/ortpopes.htm
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