Saint Hilary of Aquileia

Also known as

• Elaro
• Ellaro
• Hilarius
• Ilario

Memorial

• 16 March

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Bishop of Aquileia, Italy. His prayers would cause the collapse of pagan temples and idols. Martyred in the persecutions of Numerian by order of the prefect Beronius.

Died

• tortured to death on 16 March c.284

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Gorizia, Italy

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Dominican Adaptations from the Catalogus Hagiographicus OP
• Heiligen Lexikon
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Hilary of Aquileia“. Saints.SQPN.com. 16 March 2013. Web. 18 May 2013. <>