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Tag: Who was Hilarion?
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Hilarion
St Hilarion (291-371) was born to pagan parents in southern Gaza, Palestine. He converted to Christianity and at 15, lived as a hermit in the desert with St Anthony the Great for two months. When St Hilarion returned home, he found that his parents had died during his absence, so he sold his inheritance and…