Pope Hilarius

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Pope Hilarius was a 5th-century Bishop of Rome known for defending church doctrine and authority during the waning years of the Western Roman Empire.

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Pope Hilarius canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 5th-century pope
Bishop of Rome
Christian cleric
Pope
alsoKnownAs Hilary
birthName Hilarius
linked to: Hilarus of Rome
burialPlace Basilica of St. Lawrence Outside the Walls
category 5th-century popes
Italian popes
Saints from Roman Italy
centuryOfActivity 5th century
commissioned a baptistery near the Lateran
oratories in the Lateran Basilica
countryOfCitizenship Western Roman Empire
dateOfDeath 468
era late Western Roman Empire
feastDay 28 February
issued canonical decrees on episcopal elections
decrees reinforcing metropolitan authority
knownFor administrative reforms in the Roman Church
defending the rights of the Holy See
languageOfName Latin
LatinName Hilarius
linked to: Hilarus of Rome
notableFor asserting papal authority
defending church doctrine
opposing the decisions of the Second Council of Ephesus
opposed Eutychianism
Monophysitism
papacyEndDate 468
papacyStartDate 461
participatedIn Second Council of Ephesus
placeOfBirth Sardinia
placeOfDeath Rome
positionHeld Bishop of Rome
Pope of the Catholic Church
predecessor Pope Leo I
religion Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Christianity
roleAtEvent papal legate at the Second Council of Ephesus
seeAlso Papacy of Leo I
linked to: Pope Leo I

Papacy of Simplicius
strengthenedAuthorityOver bishops in Gaul
bishops in Spain
successor Pope Simplicius
supportedDoctrine Council of Chalcedon
title Saint
veneratedIn Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Pope Leo I successor Pope Hilarius
Leo the Great successor Pope Hilarius
Hilarus of Rome alsoKnownAs Pope Hilarius